Football Camp

On June 03 my family and I are driving to Austin, Texas to go to a football camp. I am going to meet Mack Brown (the coach of the university of Texas Longhorns). I'll write again after the camp.

Latest & Greatest

Garry's Grandkids Blog has an RSS feed with interesting things for kids and their parents to read. It's in the sidebar of the front page and is updated almost every day. It's called, "Latest & Greatest."

Special Internet Search Tools

The following four search engines are useful additions to searching on the Internet.

Ujiko
Determine and save your personal preferences with Ujiko for intelligent searches. Helps to develop effective key words.

Kartoo
Mind mapped search engine including a 3rd dimension for relationships.

Quintura
A mind mapped search engine. Similar to Kartoo but different also. Like Ujiko, Quintura helps to develop effective key words.

TouchGraph
Search Google using this unique mind map search engine

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Introduction to Musical Instruments

Here are two sites offering a great introduction for kids about musical instruments:

Check out the Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Kids site with a clever Music Room. Click on the piano's music sheets to listen to various musical instruments.

PBS has PBS: Instruments of the Orchestra with a fun matching game. Click on the "Listen" button, listen to the instrument being played, and then select which instrument below is the one you heard.

technorati tags: music, instruments, kids, children

Favorite Kids' Sites

This blog post from Garry's Blog has some favorite sites for games and learning.

Yahoolighans a Favorite Site

Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids is one of the top kids sites.

Karissa likes it very much and highly recommends it.

A Story to Pass Along

Garry sent me this story the other day. He thought I would like it especially because I am a member of the Boy Scouts of America.

A man once told his grandson, "A terrible fight is going on inside me - a fight between two wolves. One is evil, and represents hate, anger, contention, arrogance, selfishness, intolerance and superiority.

The other is good, and represents joy, peace, love, humility, kindness, mildness, generosity and compassion.

This same fight is going on inside you, inside every other person too."

The grandson then asked, "Which wolf will win?"

The old man replied simply, "The one you feed."

A Native American Folk Tale

My First Blog Post

This is the first post to Nicholas' Blog.