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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Our 10 New Favorite History & Geography Resources
I love reading about history. I love watching documentaries. I love visiting historical monuments, living history museums and sites. I didn’t always love learning about history, though. Up until I went to college, history meant memorizing dates and facts. The people in my textbooks felt flat and abstract. There were no interesting or exciting stories…
The ABCs of Our Not Kindergarten Year
This afternoon I had a few quiet hours to write while the kids when to their grandparents’ house to earn some money. Right now they’re very interested in things they can do to earn money, so their grandparents offered to give them a few jobs to do. So, as I started to write, it hit…
My May Unschooling Fun & Resources
What a month! Lots of new games, fun trips to thrift stores and a few places visited. I’m gearing up for the next three months that will be heavy on travel, going places with friends and family, and taking advantage of all the festivals and other fun free programs that take place during the summer…