Kenton Verhoeff

The Centurer – a wordsmith of the sword.

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Benefits of Home Schooling

Monday, September 21st, 2009
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One of the benefits I’ve found with home schooling is that science is sometimes left up to me to determine the topic of my day (rarely, but on occasion). Today I decided I wanted to study the stars, the galaxy outside our universe and my source was an unusual but effective video that just happens [...]

Plan an Event – Educational Opportunities to Make Money

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Earn While Learning, Friends Write, Home School, Writers | 1 Comment »

A seminar or conference offer opportunities to learn and make money. If you’ve never attended a conference, you don’t know what you’re missing. Learning at a multiple level event offers many specific ways to get an education and make money.
Networking with other professionals
Sometimes people leave out kids when they have an event that might include the [...]

History & Kids

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
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What do history and kids have in common? You probably wonder if it’s something to do with education, and it is. You can gain a wealth of information by reading historical accounts of people who are successful. How about a bio?
One of my favorite things to do is wonder around a local museum visiting with [...]

Following the Trail to Success

Monday, January 7th, 2008
Earn While Learning, Home School | 6 Comments »

Boyscouts leave trails, and that’s one of the things I do. But there are more. I do other things where I want to leave a trail. On my blog, I leave a trail of links that bring others back to my website. Those links often bring buyers back who will purchase what I sell here.
I [...]

Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Boy Scouts, Home School, Youth Group | 2 Comments »

It’s  New Year’s Eve and I’m looking forward to a whole new year. It seems the year went pretty fast this year, and I had some important changes in my life.
 I became an Uncle – that’s the big thing. Lizzie was born the last of June. She’s pretty special to me, and I’d really like [...]

Write Tight

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
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Grammar isn’t really my favorite topic, but occasionally a lesson comes along that makes a lot of sense, and I know I just need to listen up and learn the basics. Writing paragraphs means more than one sentence. Sentences include nouns and verbs. Plots include characters and settings.
If you’re a student trying to learn to write, [...]

Unikra – Designing a Community

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Games, Home School | No Comments »

Visit Unikra – my city on the Internet, and watch it grow. Designing a city for my book sounded like fun, so here it is, although – in the book, the setting is a bit less industrialized.

Home School – A mini city you can help create!

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
CONTEST, Home School | 2 Comments »

How about this for fun?
 Visit this mini-city, increase the population, and see how fast the community grows. It’s a great way to watch the community develop and see how all the parts of community grow and create the paradigms we live with every day.
 On my first visit here, I was the 7th person. I wonder [...]