The following is a guest post by Corinne Jacob of Alternate Tutelage. I started reading Harry Potter at around the time the third book was released; it was the first one I read, and remains my favorite to this day. By the time the seventh book was out, my entire family was hooked. We waited …
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Homeschooling growth through community
The following is a guest post by Kassandra Brown "A big wind blows…” My daughter is in the middle of a 30-person circle, holding one arm out as she turns slowly to look at all of us. “On all of those….” She smiles and pauses dramatically. “Who have … boots!” she shouts …
20 family activities for fall
Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. I don't know about your part of the country, but where I live, October is the time of year when it's finally cooling off and feeling like fall. It is often still pretty hot in mid-afternoon, but the mornings and evenings …
Raising chickens and the art of project-based learning
Contributor Amida is currently obsessed with chickens and often blogs about them at Journey Into Unschooling. This summer, I decided to ditch the school work and focus on a more natural learning style, allowing our interest to dictate which topics we would explore. For my three-year-old, it was …
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Benefits of working out with teens
The following is a post by Kris Bales of Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers. An unexpected development has occurred this summer. After years of being slightly-interested bystanders of my running, my kids have decided that they want to join me. That excites me because not only do I recognize the …
