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August 11, 2012August 10, 2012

Why Schools Should be Set Up Like Reality TV Shows

I have a weakness for reality TV. Not the shows like The Real Housewives or Jersey Shore. I’m talking about the ones where contestants sign up to be on the show in order to win a prize at the end. Whenever I watch Master Chef, or American Idol, or So You Think You Can Dance,…

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August 8, 2012August 3, 2012

My Checklist for Signing the Kids Up for Classes

I’ve become inundated with catalogs -catalogs from the YMCA and surrounding towns. My e-mail is piling high with private classes offerings – circus classes, theater classes, co-op classes, and science and art classes.   I have tons of newsletters from museums, nature centers, churches, libraries, arboretums, children’s museums that are all screaming at me to…

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August 4, 2012August 2, 2012

An Invitation to Learning

Imagine opening up your mailbox and pulling out two invitations. Each invitation is to a party. Each invitation will have food, drinks and entertainment. But each party is very, very different from the other. The first party is to a work function. It calls for formal dress attire and you’ll be talking most of the night with…

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August 1, 2012

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…

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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 21, 2012June 30, 2012

Favorite Posts

Well, it’s been a great three weeks for my family on our East Coast Road trip. We leave New York City this morning and head back for a two day journey home. I’ll have some great carschooling resources to share with you in the next few weeks. Today I’d like to share with you some…

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July 18, 2012July 1, 2012

Pursuing Passion through Self-Initiated Projects

*Today, I’m waking up in Boston, Massachusetts but will be sleeping in New Jersey. My family will make the drive later today to spend the next three days in Manhattan. Hopefully, before we go to sleep tonight, we’ll be gazing over New York City from the top of the Empire State Building! I am so…

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July 11, 2012June 28, 2012

The Power of Curious Minds

 *This is my family’s 4th day staying in a house near the gorgeous Acadia National Park in Maine. We’ve had an amazing time hiking near the ocean, kayaking, and eating some lobster!  Today we’re going on a boat ride with Diver Ed. Ed takes out small groups of people to get up close to some…

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June 30, 2012June 27, 2012

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…

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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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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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