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July 21, 2012June 30, 2012

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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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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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March 3, 2012March 2, 2012

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….

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February 25, 2012February 23, 2012

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…

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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 31, 2011January 2, 2012

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…

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December 28, 2011

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…

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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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