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Kids in the Kitchen: Gold Nugget Soup
Max and Lulu wanted to do something fun the other day, so they looked at cookbooks. After looking through one of the two kids cookbooks that we own several times enjoying all the dessert pictures, Max...
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Curriculum Review: Life of Fred Math
About 3 weeks ago now, I purchased three books in the Life of Fred math series. I had heard lots of recommendations of this book, and sources I respect (including the Rainbow Resource Center printed...
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July Reading
After a long phase of non-fiction reading, I’ve switched back to fiction for the last couple of weeks. I read A Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler, a book which I enjoyed very much. It was very...
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Unschooling Science Experiments
I have always had a slight problem with doing science experiments. Here’s why They are messy and time consuming, and yet often the results are not dramatic or the experiment doesn’t work at all. Kids...
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Unschooling Rule #28: Shorter school hours for homeschoolers
Over the next few days, I want to share with you just a few of the 55 rules listed by author Craig Aldrich that really made me think about I teach my children and how our learning can improve at home....
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Unschooling Rules #2: Focus on the three Rs
This is a series of posts discussing the book Unschooling Rules by Craig Aldrich. I wanted to share with you just a few of the 55 rules he listed, and my take on how we could use them to be better...
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Unschooling Rules #12: A Great Mentor is Best
From Unschooling Rules by Craig Aldrich: Internships, apprenticeships and interesting jobs beat term papers, textbooks and tests. As a parent, I know how challenging it can be to find great mentors for...
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Unschooling Rules #37: Be the perfect enabler.
From Craig Aldrich’s Unschooling Rules: Feed passions and embrace excellence. Enable your child to follow his dreams. This will cost time, effort and money. Do it well. I already told you about the...
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October Reading List (in November)
Even though November is well underway, I wanted to share with you a few of the books I have been reading lately. I’ve noticed a trend in my reading toward “lighter” reading right now — both fluff...
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February Reading List
Wow! How is it the middle of February all ready? There is a good reason for the silence — we had a great trip to San Diego, enjoyed the sunshine and thought about our “ocean science.” I’ll share...
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Book Review: Before They’re Gone by Michael Lanza
If your summer has been like mine, and hiking isn’t happening with the frequency you’d hoped, you probably shouldn’t read this book. It will create jealousy and sadness. This great account of hiking...
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