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 …
Focus on this first in the new school year
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 …
12 great book-to-movie adaptations for families
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Creating a homeschool lifestyle that works for our family involves a lot of things I didn’t expect at first. For example? One of the most important things for keeping our days running smoothly is not lesson planning. It’s not even meal planning, though that would …
To the mamas of high school seniors-to-be
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins T his fall, my youngest daughter will be kindergarten-aged and my oldest daughter will be a freshman in college. When I say “freshman in college” I mean “that thing where she moves away to live in a dorm and does not come home until maybe Thanksgiving.” What on …
What do unschooled teens do all day?
What do unschooled teens do all day? ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Teenagers are awesome. The teenagers I know have interesting ideas, share perspectives I haven’t thought of, and are still open to learning even as they’re showing me new ways of looking at things. At the same time, …