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Getting Ready for our First “Official” Year of Homeschooling

We have always considered ourselves homeschoolers but this year we face our first real challenge, registering with…

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Opting Out of Standardized Tests

  We’ve all been there, sitting quietly in a room filling out bubble after bubble with our…

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How Kids Can Help the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Yesterday the kids and I talked a great deal about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan….

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Super Science Lessons from Science With Me

Dental issues and health have been a prominent theme in my family as of late. In looking…

The Beginning of a Ball Jar Sewing Kit
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Wordless Wednesday – Sew Special

For more info on this check out “How to Make a Ball Jar Sewing Kit“

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How Will They Learn Math!?!?

If you’ve been educating your kids at home or thinking about it, whether homeschooling or unschooling, you’ve inevitably had …

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Jumpstart.com Online World Review and Giveaway

Thank you to all who entered! The winner, chosen by the “And The Winner Is” WP plugin,…

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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…

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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…

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Tye Dyed Milk – Dinner Table Science

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