A virtual field trip to Anne’s Prince Edward Island
…farm belonged to more of Maud’s cousins, the Campbells, and Maud had some of her happiest life moments here. You can tour the house if you visit today, and you…
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Beyond Stereotypes: The New Face of Homeschooling
…greatest work is in trying to embrace life and enjoyment in such a way that it will color our children’s days with joy and fearlessness and allow them to do…
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Giving Our Children the World: Education Through Geography
…are many simple ways to incorporate geography into daily life and education. 1. Give your children access to a globe, children’s atlas, or maps. When a geographical location comes up…
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It’s time to redefine success as homeschoolers
…feel as though we have not failed them. We can show the nay-sayers that we have not ruined our kids’ chances or limited their options in life. Yet that’s also…
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Homeschooling for mental health
…and yours in this season of life. I see you, moms and dads. Your tears and concerns. Your sacrifices. I see, also, your laughter and joy at the lifestyle you’ve…
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Great Books for an Outdoors Education
Our family recently returned from our annual winter camping trip. Three wonderful days of backpacking, sleeping in a wood heated cabin, hiking to ocean lookouts, eating trail food, playing cards,…
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Managing Your Kitchen and Your Child’s Education
One of the benefits of homeschooling our children is the opportunity to teach them the nitty gritty of home management. A very useful lifelong skill. This is especially important in…
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Teens Are Scary, and Other Lies I Once Believed
…brain long for independence and autonomy, but you’re forced to spend six hours each day in a building where much of your day is scripted, plus extra hours doing required…
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Curious about Unschooling?
…it was endless summer. We flowed from preschool into elementary school without dimming the wide-eyed approach to life. I watched him. What excited him? What made him want to know…
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Curriculum Choices: Tackling Math
…styles and with our family’s educational philosophy. Of course many math skills can and should be learned through life–using recipes, balancing a checkbook, playing board games, and much more. But…
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Grandma, Will You Read to Me: Learning with Extended Family
…learned more practical life skills, like cooking and sewing, from those in my family. But I spent most of my days in a school building, and the desire to learn…
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Five in a Row: Enlarge your Preschooler’s World with Books
…more. Photo by John Morgan The basic premise of FIAR is that you read the same book every day for five days, and then explore a different angle of the…
