By kigaliwire Ultimately as parents we want to do the best for our kids to put them on a path to success (whatever that’s defined as). This makes unschooling interesting because as much as I see its effects and I see my children learning sometimes there is a little voice deep deep back in…
Category: Parenting
Scavenger Hunts as a Learning Tool
We just got back from a family reunion in Virgina. Everyone had a great time, inspite of the 100+ degree temperatures. One of the activities that was planned for the reunion was a scavenger hunt that took us to various sites that were important to the town and battle of Manassas. My family, along with…
Happy Father’s Day!
The girls really planned ahead this year and have been anxiously waiting for fathers day ever since we picked up these awesome Star Wars pancake molds two weeks ago. They decided to surprise my hubby with breakfast in bed Star Wars style. (using this recipe of course). Breakfast was served on a…
Trouble in Danceland
Ballet Shoes via megyarsh My children take classes, lots and lots of classes; acting, fencing, ballet, circus school, art museum classes. These are all child determined and came out of them being interested in the topic and wanting to learn more. They do well and for the most part behave appropriately in these classes, my…
Who’s Judging Who? The Homeschooling/Schooling Divide.
Green for tea ~ Orange for coffee by ?lex As a home educator (homeschooler, unschooler, whatever we are) I often feel awkward around schooling families, not because I have any issues with parents who send their children to school, but because I sometimes get the feeling that they think I am judging them for sending their…
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 new. When we were snowed in last week her and her Papa (who’s a big geek) worked together to create an amazing game which she named “Dinosaur Smash!”. They assigned various attributes and points to each of her various plastic…
Homeschoolers are Rarely at Home.
There is a common misconception out their that homeschoolers spend their days sitting in their homes with one of their parents doing workbooks and literally schooling at home. I’m sure that they are out there those who subscribe to this extreme version of homeschooling and bring the classroom home but have yet to meet anyone doing this. The…
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