This is an example of how the internet augments my memory in profoundly helpful ways. Stick with the post until the end and you might be sleuthing out the answer to a riddle. I’ve always sucked at recalling names for things and people. It gets worse as I age, and nowadays I may remember the [...]

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(I didn’t do it!)
The Pilot in South Carolina has, *surprise*, an article about unschooling this week. It appears to be a completly benign rehash of the last 5 articles I’ve read on unschooing, which originated with the New York Times article. I guess we do learn something every day. In this case, I think I [...]

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Just catching up on the top ten mistakes in homeschooling today. Turns out I have made quite a few. Still, I’ve escaped the #10 mistake, fear of the internet. Haha.
I have my own list of homeschooling mistakes, of course. Here they are, in random order:

telling a clerk that we homeschool when she asks why my [...]

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(Frogs are vanishing from the globe so we decided to dissect a gelatin frog that we had to “assemble” first. Very cool actually.)
What do you believe? It doesn’t have to be much…or even true…but believe in something for gosh dangit! How else can I start a wildly popular meme elsewise? Join in please!
I believe in [...]

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Do you have a homeschooling child of reading age? If so, chances are you know all about Eragon and how it was written by a man named Chirstopher Paolini, and how he was homeschooled and wrote the book while being homeschooled. Well, Eragon and Eldest have been an ongoing obsession of my 10-year-old for over [...]

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(This man and too much time on his hands?)
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any adorable things my kids say. Mainly because my friend Jen makes fun of me for even bothering. But because she is so cynical, even though she was with us most of yesterday, the kids waited until she was gone to [...]

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Yesterday morning, I was sitting at a service while a Unitarian minister asked a bunch of kids what they knew about Martin Luther King Jr. One little girl gave a rather thorough explanation of his life’s works. Then the minister asked if anyone else had something to add. A small boy, and this time [...]

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The number one best thing about unschooling is: Shane McGowan appreciation day!
The kids discovered the Pogues today. Bless their hearts. It all started because we were on our way to gymnastics and listening to Fat Boy Slim. The cartridge popped out of the cassette player and the radio came on with a goofy sounding song [...]

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We were so excited today to receive the flyer for the annual InHome Conference. We began to pour over it. Anoif had her top three workshops for every session in order of preference lined up within half an hour. It is the first year I didn’t have to follow her around coaxing her to take [...]

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(Lone winter rock calling to me at the Morton Arboretum yesterday)
“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.” - Gilda Radner
Technically, winter is here, even if it is warm enough most days to have your coat unzipped. Over at Shimmer Glimpse there has been some recent evidence [...]

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