After a month of unexpected bumps in the road, like our two car accidents, my asthma attack and taking my son to the ER at 2 in the morning, it felt like we were really out of our groove this month. It didn’t really feel like we had done that much, but I was a…
Category: Connections
4 Ways Travel Can Dispel Myths about Unschooling
* I’m exited today to share with you a guest post by my new friend Monica @ FamilyTrek.org. So we’ve taken the plunge into the outer fringes of society, pulled our kids out of the public school grind and are now enjoying a life that most people don’t understand. We are the ones who people…
Nuturing Relationships: The Essential Ingredient in Home Education
Someone asked on Twitter the other day what was the most essential tool I use in educating my kids at home. Several things came to mind: the library, the internet, free community events, games, cool iPhone apps, science kits and DVDs. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that all those…
A Guest Post Round-Up
In the past two weeks, I’ve been given some great opportunities to guest post on different sites. Here’s a beginning preview of each of the posts. Click the link at the end of the preview to read the rest of the post. 1) Are Stay-At-Home Moms Happy? @ The Sattvic Family’s Website Mothers…
How Interest-Led Learning is like Master Chef
I’m not a big cook. I like cooking and trying out new recipes, but I wouldn’t say I have a passion for making food. But I really like to watch cooking shows….a lot. In fact, I think I like to watch people cooking more than I like cooking myself! One of my favorite cooking shows…
10 Unusual Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is just one step below Halloween in my house. My kids are beyond excited to get chocolate, receive some valentines and decorate cookies. I’m sure most of you already have a lot of ideas about how your family will celebrate Valentine’s Day. Maybe you’ll make some fun arts or crafts projects, or try…
Why Failure is a Great Option
When I student taught at a highly rated public high school, most of my language arts classes were honors classes. At this particular school there were four tracks, honors, accelerated, regular, and I’ve forgotten what they called the lowest track. In the minutes before class would start, I’d love to listen to the kids talk…
My January Unschooling Fun & Resources
Can you believe it’s the first day in February? Each month I think we can’t have more fun than we did last month – and almost every month I’m wrong! Now there definitely were some not so fun parts of this month for my family. Both kids caught pink eye, my husband had a car…
Talking with Jessica @Teachable Moments about Intentional Strewing & Layered Learning
Today I’m really excited to share with you an interview I did recently with Jessica from Teachable Moments. Jessica always thought about homeschooling but never did anything about it until her youngest daughter, Lilah, age 8, asked to come home for her learning. Her other daughter, Grace, age 10, remained in school where she was…
My Year Without Goals
Last year I sat down with my notebook and took several hours to plot out my goals for the coming year. I wrote down some big goals in major areas of my life, broke them down into sub-goals, and then made monthly goals. I was so proud of myself and felt that it was…