An Awesome Get Together With a Like-Minded Family
You know how sometimes you have one of those days that are just so perfect, everything going so well, but they just are so full that they leave you exhausted afterwards? Today was one of those days. I have a friend, Holly, who is just really awesome and we’re so similar in so many ways. […]
Teaching Kids about Healthy Attitudes Towards Beauty, Health, and Weight
I think one of the hardest things about being a parent is trying to find the middle ground, to raise your kids with appropriate attitudes towards different things instead of falling to either extreme. I want to raise emotionally healthy children, with a healthy sense of self and self image, as well as with a […]
Why We Went Back to Homeschooling Our Kids- Again
A homeschooling lesson- real life learning. Baking, following instructions, reading, math, etc.. Those of you who’ve been following my blog for a long time already might remember some details about my kids’ schooling journey, how originally we were homeschooling, unschooling inspired, and then last year we decided to send our kids to school, and now […]
Having a Frugal Homeschooling Adventure
Yesterday morning, right after waking up, I turned to my 5 year old, Ike, and asked him “If you could do anything at all, what would you want to do today?” His answer? “I want to go exploring in the jungle.” Unfortunately, we don’t have a jungle near our house, but we do have a […]
3 Thought Provoking Education Videos
I am beyond exhausted, had a long day, and had a post planned… But I won’t get around to posting it today, it seemed. So instead, here’s three videos I really enjoyed, having to do with education, and trying to change the state of education today. This first video is by a homeschooled teenager, and […]
Sending My Homeschooled Kids to Camp
This summer I did something that shocked a lot of people, and led to people making assumptions about our family’s lifestyles and plans for the future. I signed up both my boys for the city-wide day camp this summer. When people heard that, I got a mix of reactions: Oh, so you’re no longer homeschooling? […]
The Unschooling Inspired Approach To Life and Parenting
I recently was talking with a friend of mine about a variety of different subjects, and as I was talking, I noticed a common theme running through the conversation, which, I guess, could be summed up as the “unschooling inspired approach” to life. Unschooling was a theory of education invented by John Holt, which I realized […]
A Homeschooling Get Together… and a Barbecue
Forgive me if my post may seem a bit rambling. I’m not at home. We had an impromptu sleepover at my sister’s house, after a family barbecue, and instead of going home on two buses, knowing that my kids would obviously fall asleep on both legs of the journey, and not be happy making the […]
Why I Love Homeschooling
My homeschooling “chalkboard” I “officially” started homeschooling last Monday, as that’s when the school year started around here, the year that my oldest son, Lee, is legally required to be “schooled”. I’ve considered myself a homeschooler even before this week, as I’ve never sent my kids out regularly, even though the public school system starts […]
Homemade Arithmetic Manipulatives for Homeschooling
I’m planning on homeschooling my kids. In fact, I say that I’m already homeschooling my children, as in my area it is nearly unheard of to have a child who is 2 or older be at home instead of in nursery/daycare. Having a 4 year old at home? Well, there is public school preschool already […]
