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January 18, 2012January 17, 2012

A Simple Everyday Dreams List

 Travel around Europe for a year. Sell a screenplay. Learn a new language. Write a novel. Those are some big dreams I have. Dreams that will take a lot of hard work and dedication. Big dreams are nice to have. They’re fun.  It makes you feel good thinking about them. But the problem with big…

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January 14, 2012January 14, 2012

The Key to Your Child’s Heart

*Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Krista @ Redeeming the Love of Learning. As the New Year passed, I asked my 13-year-old what he’d like to focus on more this coming year, and he responded that he’d like to become more disciplined in his learning. That was sweet news to my ears as…

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January 11, 2012January 10, 2012

Creating a System for Adventure: Monthly & Weekly Planning

Over the past week I’ve written about how I plan for mini-adventures and trips throughout the year.  I first talked about how I created a Master List.  Then I talked about how I incorporate my master list into a dedicated Google Calendar.  If you haven’t read those posts, I’d suggest going back and reading them…

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January 7, 2012January 7, 2012

Creating a System for Adventure: Building a Master Calendar

In my last post, I talked about how to create a master list of places you might want to visit with your family this coming year. It’s really important to create a link for each place you list. This way as you go through the list, you can just click on each link and be…

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January 4, 2012January 3, 2012

Creating a System for Adventure: Building a Master List

We love to travel. Ever since my kids were 14 months old and we boarded a plane to the US Virgin Islands, we’ve gone on great adventures with them both near and far. In fact, I’m in the middle of planning a big dream vacation that we’re taking later this year. While we travel far…

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December 14, 2011December 13, 2011

A Short Guide to Effortless Learning

I’ve recently finished reading Leo Babauta’s The Effortless Life (not an affiliate link). For those of you who haven’t heard of Leo, he writes on his blog Zen Habits about living a simple, mindful life and by creating positive habits by taking small steps one at a time. The Effortless Life speaks about having a…

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December 10, 2011December 9, 2011

How Children Can Invite Opportunities into Their Lives

In my last post, The Secrets of Expertise, I discussed Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success.  In that book, he points to two main reasons why many people have become super successful – putting in an enormous amount of practice in their area of expertise- 10,000 hours- and being born into extraordinary circumstance….

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November 30, 2011November 29, 2011

10 Out-of-the-Ordinary Christmas Activities

This is it – the last day in November. We’re getting deep into the holiday season now, and for my family that means lots and lots of baking cookies, watching Christmas movies and reading many Christmas stories. The day after Thanksgiving we always put up our Christmas tree, decorate it and watch our first Christmas…

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November 19, 2011November 18, 2011

Why It’s Important to Bring Your Child to Someone Else’s Job

In a few weeks my kids and I will be going to the hospital. Thankfully, it’s not because anyone is sick. My sister is an RN and we’ll be following her around at work for a few hours. My son and daughter will be able to check out the stethoscope and other equipment, watch her…

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November 12, 2011November 4, 2011

The Essential Qualifications of an Interest-Led Learning Parent

Unschooling and Interest-Led Learning often receives a bad rap both in the media and the larger homeschooling circles. The belief that children learn best when they follow their own curiosity and passions is often dismissed as something utopian or unrealistic. There’s also the belief that unschooling is somehow easier and more hands-off than traditional homeschooling…

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Hi! I'm so happy to have you here. My name is Christina Pilkington. Those are my two wondeful children in the picture above (they're twins!). We daily live a life of passion, adventure and connections.

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