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October 13, 2012October 13, 2012

Halloween Activity Wish List

Halloween is a big – HUGE- event at our house. The kids love dressing up. They usually decide on their costumes months in advance. This year we bought their costumes in the middle of September so they could dress up and play with them right away. I actually kind of like this because they get…

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October 3, 2012October 2, 2012

Our September Unschooling Activities & Resources

What a month! We started the month off driving back from our Rocky Mountain trip in Colorado. Throughout the month we also: tagged some butterflies, read some fun books about Egypt and Mozart, helped restore a prairie, watched circus tigers perform, and a lot more! I’m excited to be in this fall season, even though…

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September 29, 2012September 28, 2012

Every Day’s a Holiday- Celebrating 31 Days of October

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…

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September 22, 2012September 18, 2012

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…

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September 5, 2012September 4, 2012

Summer’s Not Over!

When we were driving home from swim class early yesterday afternoon, I was a little surprised to see the large Halloween store banner on the empty storefront a half mile away from my house. It’s only the first week of September and already there’s a Halloween store that’s going up? It’s not even the end…

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September 1, 2012August 22, 2012

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…

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July 28, 2012

Travel Edition – July Unschooling Adventures

This month I’m going to share our unschooling fun and resources in two posts. Most of the month we were on a big road trip covering almost 3,400 miles in 19 days. We had lunch in Vermont and Connecticut, got gas in New Hampshire, stayed a night in Toronto and two nights in Montreal, relaxed…

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July 25, 2012

Olympic for Kids: 10 Awesome Websites or Posts to Check Out

I don’t know about you, but I am so excited to watch the 2012 Summer Olympics! My DVR is already set up to record the opening ceremony and first few events. I’ve been doing some research to find some activities related to the Olympics, and I wanted to share my 10 favorite Olympic websites or…

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July 4, 2012June 29, 2012

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…

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June 23, 2012June 22, 2012

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…

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