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…
Tag: travel
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…
The Comfort Zone: Helping Kids Get Out of It
I’ve been planning a big road trip that we’re going to take this summer. We’re a nature-loving family, and our travels in the past usually include either mountains, deserts, beaches or islands. This summer will be different. Our trip will have a lot of nature-watching, but it also will have some big city touring, too….
4 Ways Travel Can Dispel Myths about Unschooling
* I’m exited today to share with you a guest post by my new friend Monica @ FamilyTrek.org. So we’ve taken the plunge into the outer fringes of society, pulled our kids out of the public school grind and are now enjoying a life that most people don’t understand. We are the ones who people…
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…
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…
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…
50 Awesome Posts About Interest-Led Learning & Unschooling From 2011
Happy New Year’s Eve! Now is the time of year when lots of bloggers, newspapers, and magazines put out their top 10 or 50 or 100 lists. It’s the time when they highlight the best of the best from throughout the year. So, I thought, why not jump on the bandwagon? Here a…
My Top Ten Lists of our Favorite Unschooling Fun in 2011
Frequent readers of this site know that I love lists. I guess it’s just the way my mind works, but I love the way lists summarize things and present them in a simple, easy way to read. I’ve spent some time thinking about our past year. I feel blessed beyond anything I could have hoped…