Image via Wikipedia What do Julian Assange, The Jonas Brothers and Condoleezza Rice all have in common? They were all home-schooled. For quite some time I have been looking for a list of successful contemporary homeschoolers and The World’s 15 Most Extraordinary Homeschoolers fits the bill. This list includes others that have worked on the human genome project, excelled at professional…
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3 Ways to Eat Local and Organic for Less
A while back my husband and I made a commitment to ourselves to eat organic foods. Initially we would purchase our organic produce from the local supermarket but that option wasn’t great because it was really expensive and since organic foods were more expensive they were purchased less and therefore not as fresh. We then…
Deck the Halls with Handmade Goodness, Host an Ornament Exchange
For the last 6 years I have hosted a handmade Christmas ornament exchange with friends or groups that I’m involved with. I love making ornaments and the absolute best part is having a tree covered in hand made goodness. Every year through the exchange I get (and give) around 15 ornaments so I have over 60 hand…
5 Life Lessons Learned from Homeschooling
I was thinking today about our homeschooling journey and how much I personally have learned from the experience so here are 5 life lessons that I have learned from homeschooling. Worrying is useless and gets you nowhere. I used to, and still do somewhat, worry about the path I’m taking my girls down but I try to…
Finding Tupperware in the Woods – aka Geocaching.
We’re geocachers. We use electronic devices connected to expensive satellites to find Tupperware containers in the woods. This is our all time favorite family activity and its become more inexpensive and accessible than ever with the addition of gps on smart phones. So what exactly is geocaching? Like I said before it’s hunting for containers,…
Friday Finds – Free Reading Resources for Homeschooling
I am always on the lookout for good reading resources for my kids. In fact I’m always on the lookout for free high quality learning materials of any kind to use with my kids. This week I found some great ones, in addition to the free educational materials from NASA that I posted earlier this…
Free Homeschooling Materials from Nasa
Image: amnh.org Not all homechoolers realize that many of the educational resources that are out there for teachers are also available to homeschoolers. A while back NASA and the American Museum of Natural History were giving away free copies of the Journey to the Stars DVD and educator guide to teachers so I signed up to get…
Quick and Easy Pumpkin Candles
A few weeks back, in my Friday Finds, I posted about pumpkin lanterns. These small pumpkin candle/lanterns would be great for any Thanksgiving table. I finally had a chance to make these cute little candles and I thought I’d share with you how it turned out. Continue Reading ….
VOTE!
Photo by farlane Don’t forget to get out there today and cast your vote! If you’re not sure where to go check out Vote411.org’s polling place finder. Still need some last minute info on candidates? Check out SmartVoter.org for information on candidates in your area. The Democracy Project (from 2008 but still mostly relevant) at pbskids.org has…