The Magic of MagiQuest

MagiQuest  is a live action role playing/video game where you use a wand to complete quests and go on adventures. We were first introduced to MagiQuest when we stayed at Great Wolf Lodge. After playing for just an hour or so my girls were hooked. Back in November we had the opportunity to spend a…

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 on our minds. Today I’d like to share a different perspective with you all. We have a great guest post from Ellie Hirsch, The Mommy Master™ about her experience with the education system and quest for the…

Wordless Wednesday – Nature Walk

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Self Directed Math Learning with Base Ten Blocks

Can you unschool math? Sure you can, especially with base ten blocks and other manipulatives! My kids love math and love working with numbers, splitting up sets, multiplying (although I’m not sure if they understand what that word is), etc… A great deal of this enjoyment comes from unstructured work with base ten blocks. Base ten blocks are a…

Friday Finds – Writing Resources for Kids

Lately I’ve been encouraging my oldest to write more. We don’t follow any sort of curriculum but I do require her to write something every day whether it’s an email or writing in a journal. Lately she has been extremely responsive to writing in a journal. We use a numbered list of writing prompts. Every day…

Halo Bar Giveaway- Winner Announced!

Our Halo Bar giveaway is over and one lucky reader is going to get one box of 12 Halo Bars. That lucky reader is: Continue Reading ….

Delicious Organic Snacks – Halo Bar Review and Giveaway

  My family enjoys having something sweet now an then so I am always on the lookout for nutritious snacks that the whole family will love. Ones that are low in sugar and hopefully organic. So when I was asked to try the new, candy bar like,  Halo Bars from ProBar I was psyched. Halo…

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 every weekend. It’s a simple system and the way it works is that every Sunday, once their room is clean enough to vacuum, they can have all the screen time they want. This includes DS, computer…

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…

Tea Collection – Beautiful Children’s Clothing

My girls love to dress up in beautiful dresses so when I was approached by Tea to take a look at some of their beautiful kids clothes I was excited. Part of what makes Tea unique, besides just having beautiful high quality clothes, is that they use various destinations as inspiration for their collections. Their current destination is Catalonia….