My absence this weekend was due to our short whirl wind trip to DC to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity. We were joined by hundreds of thousands of like minded people in an amazingly peaceful and respectful crowd. On Sat. we headed for the rally from the Rockville stop on the Red line at…
Category: Education
The Kids Aren’t All Right. ‘Race to Nowhere’ – Movie Review
Race to Nowhere exposes the dark side of America’s achievement culture and its harmful effects on our children. I had an opportunity to attend a screening of this film this week. Overall it was a sad tale of the stress and overwhelming pressure today’s youth is under. It exposes a school system in which neither educators nor students are truly thriving but just getting by, or…
Homeschooling and Socialization
[ad name=”Above Content”] I was recently asked by a mom considering homeschooling about socialization and she was concerned that her kids would be missing out on social experiences if they weren’t in school. There is a common misconception that homeschoolers are unsocialized and don’t know how to interact with others and their peers since. It’s…
How to (Not) Worry About Homeschooling
[ad name=”Above Content”] As a family we definitely have a more unschooling bend to us and my husband and I are really free form with the girls education. That being said our girls LOVE workbooks and so do we. I attribute this to the fact that no one has ever told them that workbooks aren’t…
Getting Corny – Corn Husk Dolls
[ad name=”Above Content”] At our CSA’s harvest festival over the weekend I was a volunteer and I was tasked with helping both children and disabled adults create corn husk dolls. I had a blast. These dolls are very simple to make and my friend and I assisted in the making of around 150 dolls….
First day of "school".
Today summer is officially over. Lunches are packed and the kids are heading out for their first day of “school”. Why the quotes? Well my kid’s don’t really go to school. My kids go to a resource center two days a week to be with other home schooled kids, play, create, run around, play, build…
The Vegetable Garden – Year Two
[ad name=”Amazon Patio Lawn and Garden”] Last year we fenced off a portion of our yard to put in a garden but only de-sodded half of it. We planted tomatoes, peppers, chard and kale and it produced amazingly well for being neglected and weedy. This year I’ve decided to get serious about our garden and…
My kid gave me homework!
“What’s the oldest building in the US that’s still around?” my oldest asked me as she was about to fall asleep. “I’m not sure I replied I’ll have to do some research but I’ll let you know.” “Could you please put it in my lunch for me?” she replied. I said “Sure.” So last night…
Electricity, Electricity
[ad name=”Amazon Toy Banner”] As a homeschooling parent, I’m constantly looking for fun and exciting things to do with my girls. Just recently I was introduced to snap circuits. Snap circuits allow you to create real functioning electrical systems without soldering etc… They use snaps, resembling those on a jacket, and snap together. The book…
Long Walk, Toad Talk
In our area there is an annual toad migration from their homes in parks and residential areas to their breeding ground in a nearby reservoir. During their mating migration these toads need to cross some busy roads and sometimes just don’t make it. An effort was started by local citizens to literally help the toads…