Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Last Monday, I woke up to find a pool of water on our kitchen floor because our refrigerator had decided to stop refrigerating overnight. Instead it had thawed every frozen thing inside it, which is really the opposite of what you want a fridge-and-freezer to do. …
What to say to your kids on hard homeschooling daysRead More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins My youngest daughter is set on learning to use chopsticks this week. WHY she is set on this is less clear, given that her preferred foods are “peanut butter sandwiches” and “rice cakes with hummus.” But the idea appeared in her mind days ago, and it has not let …
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Here’s what you should know right up front: we have six kids, I work from home (I’m a writer, my first book-in-bookstores comes out later this year), my husband Dane works not-from-home, and we unschool. Our oldest daughter is away at college this year, so that …
Melissa’s unschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 11-, 12- and 15-year old)Read More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins ‘Tis the season for three things: hot tea, dark chocolate, and reading all the books we can handle. (Okay, okay, it might ALSO be the season for other things—giving thanks and making merry and wearing scarves, for example. But let’s focus on the books for a …
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins August may be a good school planning month (though I’ll tell you secretly, I like January better), but what I’m planning right now is dorm supplies and dining hall meal plans and one million important conversations, because in a few VERY SHORT WEEKS, my oldest …
