Our local traditionally schooled counterparts are on a break this week, so we’ve taken a hiatus of sorts as well. Because, as mentioned yesterday, our learning tends to be more life-based, clearly we never truly take a break.
The kids still read books on their own, and went to their Spanish classes, as well as music [...]

I will admit upfront that I hate the term “unschooling.” To me, it connotes a “free-range, no-learning-here” stance. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth!
Unschooling, the end of the homeschooling continuum that I lean closest to, should more rightly be termed “life-based learning” or “practical homeschooling”. Learning does not merely occur between the [...]

Our last installment found The Intrepid Three imploring their father for a corn snake. In their efforts to show responsible pet ownership, the kids have researched corn snake care online & at the library.
Additionally, I had the kids go to four different websites today & create a cost analysis for start-up, as well as weekly [...]

It took two full days of tears (mainly mine!), to convince hubby to get our cat. He doesn’t hate animals, but lived in a pet-less household & doesn’t enjoy sharing space with them. That said, he loves our cat & she is crazy in love with him.
So, yesterday, when we visited the pet store & [...]