So let’s say your daughter loves cooking. Lately she’s into making all chocolate desserts. Maybe she watches some YouTube videos or experiments on her own with some cooking books from the library. You find out there’s a local chocolate factory that gives tours. While she’s at the factory, she asks lots of questions. The tour…
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10 Unusual Ways to Explore Geography
Take a little child to a multicultural festival and she is immersed in new sounds, sights and flavors. Hang a map on the wall and watch your children start pointing out different countries and asking lots of questions. Give an older child an atlas or map while taking a trip and see his joy at…
10 Unusual Ways to Explore Art
My memories of art in kindergarten: cut and paste creations, detailed instructions of how to color inside the lines and reminders to “follow directions.” High school art wasn’t much better. I wanted to create art and often had pretty cool ideas of what I wanted to make, yet I often felt frustrated. While the three dimensional…
10 Unusual Ways to Explore Science
I think all kids are born scientists. They all want to explore their world and figure it out from the day they’re born. They ask questions about where things come from, how things work and what they do. They love to play with water, snow, ice and mud. Unfortunately for many children, their explorations are…
10 Unusual Ways to Explore History
History. At first I couldn’t understand why so many people I talk to say they dislike learning about history. How could you not like history? History is all about stories- stories about romance, mystery, adventure, pain and hardship, joy and laughter and a thousand other things. There should be something there for everyone, right? But…
10 Unusual Ways to Explore Math
I confess. I never really liked math. I played the school game well so I received pretty good grades, but after I passed the test (even after receiving an A in most cases), those rules, theorems and facts didn’t stick around for very long. The problem was everything was drilled into me, or as I…
Five Free Learning Resources
In many homeschooling circles the conversation inevitably leads to curriculum- what’s out there, what will work best with their child, how to find great material without it costing a fortune. It’s like the Holy Grail of home education- finding that perfect product that will provide everything your child needs to be successful. In fact, even…