This Year’s Gluten Free Birthday “Cake”

Some of my children’s friends have a gluten allergy which makes it challenging around birthday time because my kids want

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Learning Through the National Park Service Junior Ranger Program

Recently while on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains we discovered the Junior Ranger Program offered by the National Park

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Guest Post – How do you spell G-E-N-E-R-O-S-I-T-Y?

Does your child know the meaning of the word generosity? How many other words can they name that mean the

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Guest Post – Educating our Children…and Ourselves

Educating children is one of the primary focuses of our family. As unschoolers education is ingrained in our every day and always

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Three Tips For Making Road Trips With Kids Easier

As a family we love travel, road trips and long car rides. Sounds odd I know, loving being trapped in

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Shocking Milwaukee co-sleeping ad goes too far

The city of Milwaukee has put out a set of shocking ads, showing babies in bed with knives, to warn

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Unschooling / Homeschooling – Where to Start

Way back before we started homeschooling our kids my husband and I had many discussions about educational options. I was

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Get a Melissa & Doug 25% Off Coupon When You Take the North “Poll”

We seriously love Melissa & Doug toys. They were the go to toys when the girls were younger, especially the puzzles.

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3 Homeschooling Myths, Busted via Technorati

With home education doubling in the US from 850,000 in 1999 to 1.5 million in 2007, and homeschoolers making up 2.7%

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We Tamed the Beast. It’s Name was Clutter!

A while back we borrowed a system that a good friend was using that encouraged her kids to clean up their room

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