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

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Electricity, Electricity

[ad name=”Amazon Toy Banner”] As a homeschooling parent, I’m constantly looking for fun and exciting things to do with my

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Long Walk, Toad Talk

In our area there is an annual toad migration from their homes in parks and residential areas to their breeding

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Foraging for Wild Edibles

About a year and a half ago we moved into our new house, a 70’s contemporary on 1.25 acres. We

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Lessons from LEGOs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This weekend I finally convinced the girls to give up their large bin of LEGO

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Open Source Curricula for Homeschoolers

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revdancatt/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 As someone who is just getting started at (secular) homeschooling I’m constantly looking at various

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Potatoes and Rainbows

I had a wonderful opportunity the other day to go with a friend to harvest potatoes at her friends farm.

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Hiring a Nanny

Photo courtesy of sylvar via CC A few years ago we had just had our second child and my husband/stay

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Family Creative Workshop

I just recently came across this wonderful set of crafting books from the 70s on Apartment Therapy. The web is

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My new amazon homeschooling resource center!

My new amazon homeschooling resource center! Amazon now allows you to create an area with many different products sorted into

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