How many holidays do you celebrate throughout the year? 8, 10, maybe 12? Did you know that there are holidays for every day of the year? In the past two weeks I’ve been doing some research online about holidays. I’ve come across some fun sites that list strange or unusual holidays that take place throughout…
Category: Resources
The HEV Project & You Can Do It Too! – 2 New Homeschooling Resources
Today, I’m going to share two new homeschooling resources I’ve learned about in the past few months. I was contacted by Claudia Orgill a few months ago about a really fun and valuable site she and her husband have created geared towards homeschooling families called The HEV (home education videos) Project. They created a site…
Autumn Activities Wish List
It’s the first day of fall! We’ve had such a busy summer travelling to Canada and 14 states, besides the swimming, parks and other summer fun at home. I’m thankful for the past season, but I’m so excited to be entering fall. It’s such a beautiful time of the year with the leaves changing colors…
Our 10 Favorite Carschooling Resources & Activities
After spending 30 days traveling these past two months and clocking 72 hours in the car with my family, I’ve come to understand pretty well what it takes to achieve harmony and peace with my husband and kids while trapped in a tight space – at least most of the time anyway! I was a…
Our August Unschooling Activities & Resources
Today we’re leaving Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado where we spent the last eight nights renting a house with Steve’s parents. We’ll be spending the night in Omaha, Nebraska and heading home tomorrow. It’s been an incredible trip, and I’m going to write a separate post about it in the next…
New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change – Book Review
I just finished reading a new book called New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change by Winifred Gallagher. As soon as I saw the title of the book, it immediately caught my attention. So much of interest-led learning for me is about discovering new things, exploring new places and learning new skills. The book…
Our July Unschooling Resources and Activities
The first three weeks of July were exciting, adventurous and energizing. It’s not every month we get to take a three week road trip across the East Coast, visiting 8 states and two Canadian providences. You can read about our trip in my last post here. But for the last 9 days of the month…
My June Unschooling Activities & Resources
To all who live in the United States, Happy 4th of July! I hope you all will be having a wonderful day with your family. We’re spending our 4th of July in an unusual way this year. We’re driving to Canada! We’re actually headed out today on a three week road trip. We’ll be staying…
Three Guest Posts
In the past few months I’ve had the privilege of writing three guest posts for some of my favorite blogs. I’d like to share those with you today. 10 Ways to Add More Adventure in Your Homeschool at The Homeschool Post What image comes to mind when you hear the word…
My Top Ten Must Have Unschooling Items
A few weeks ago I read a fun post on my friend Susan’s blog, Learning ALL the time! titled Top Ten “Must Have “ Homeschool Items. I enjoyed reading it so much that I thought I’d come up with my own list! My Top Ten Must Have Unschooling Items 1) An Internet…