(3 homeschooled children welcoming back the academic year with a tradition of fun. This is the first year we went to Great America’s Homeschool Day, and it will definitely be on the list from now on!)
The good news is, many homeschoolers in the Chicago region celebrate the fall and start of the public school sessions [...]

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(First off, if you like ever liked the Crass, Frank Zappa or, as my bro mentions, Primus, then you should go see this girl pictured above rock the Metro last weekend. If you want to know what that was like, visit Kids Ride Free over at Gaper’s Block for details!)
Yes, yes, I know, people [...]

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I’ve been so dang memey lately. This time I couldn’t resist playing the “Whats in your bag?” meme. Apparently, if you have flickr there is a feature where you can explain the items as you scroll over them. I am not so hight tech. [...]

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We had some weather excitement yesterday. I took 4 kids to the movies. It was sunny and hot when we went in and windy and ominous when we came out. I dropped off the youngest to his mom and she told me there were tornado warnings in the western suburbs. We are very west [...]

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Nobody tagged me for this meme, I just took it from Clay over at Beyond School, which is a very awesome blog by a high school English teacher.
Before you read, remember, tag yourself if the thought of expounding on these topics interests you and keep in mind that as an unschooler the word teacher doesn’t [...]

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Presents to myself. Finally got some frames at 30% off to frame my beloved eraser collection and my roller derby poster.Yes, it took me quite a while to capture the big mistakes eraser with my flimsy little butterfly net. They are very rare though.
While I was at it, I got a poster frame for [...]

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(I never had Siouxsie Sioux as a homeroom!)
There have been a few milestones around here in the 11-year-old department lately. Many of them have been more difficult for me, a woman approaching 4o (less then 24 hours until I get off that bus) than for the 11 -year-old. For example, she has learned how [...]

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See these Waldorf dolls? My friend Karen makes them and sometimes sells them on ebay. She doesn’t have a blog but she visits and comments here often. She would like to join the crafts present exchange group. The first three people to comment here will be recipients of whatever unique thing Karen decides to make [...]

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(My summer of knitting a shawl is over. I’m done! True it looks more like a fishing net in some respects, but it was simple and easy to make and my daughter has already claimed it as part of her renaissance outfit for the fair she will be going to. We just don’t have any [...]

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(Being a tween is all about the ‘pieces of flair’.)
You know Summer over at Wired for Noise? She is passing along this homemade gift exchange idea, and personally, I dig it. It is simple. If you are one of the first three commentors on this post, then you are in. I send you a homemade [...]

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