Category: Parenting

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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…

Posted in Education Homeschooling Kids Parenting

Unschooling Success Stories

  Ultimately as parents we want to do the best for our kids to put them on…

Posted in Education Family Homeschooling Kids Life Parenting Travel

Scavenger Hunts as a Learning Tool

We just got back from a family reunion in Virgina. Everyone had a great time, inspite of…

Posted in Holidays Kids Parenting

Happy Father’s Day!

      The girls really planned ahead this year and have been anxiously waiting for fathers…

Posted in Holidays Kids Life Parenting

Happy Mothers Day!

  I hope all the moms out there a have a wonderful Mother’s day! It’s your day,…

Posted in Education Homeschooling Kids Life Parenting

Trouble in Danceland

My children take classes, lots and lots of classes; acting, fencing, ballet, circus school, art museum classes….

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Who’s Judging Who? The Homeschooling/Schooling Divide.

As a home educator (homeschooler, unschooler, whatever we are) I often feel awkward around schooling families, not…

Posted in Education Family Homeschooling Kids Parenting

Dinosaur Smash! – A Child Created Game for Learning Math and Measurement

My youngest loves to make up games and also manipulate existing games or pieces to create something…

Posted in Education Food Kids Parenting

Tye Dyed Milk – Dinner Table Science

My father is a chemist and when I was growing up we used to do experiments at…

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Homeschoolers are Rarely at Home.

There is a common misconception out their that homeschoolers spend their days sitting in their homes with…