I really love the homeschooling community and how willing people are to share their knowledge. Today the kids got the chance to try skateboarding for the first time thanks to a homeschool dad who was willing to share not only his knowledge but also his board. Since we are parents who have not yet bought…
When we first started homeschooling things here looked a lot like school at home. There was a fair bit of sitting down and book work. What we learned about was dictated by me and a bit by the provincial curriculum. Over the last few years we’ve changed from school at home to a more interest-led…
If you didn’t grow up playing Dutch Blitz you missed out and I highly recommend you grab a deck of cards to play with your kids. This is one of those games that has so many educational benefits and kids don’t even notice! The game is a simple concept, you are basically building piles of…
This post may contain affiliate links, you can read my affiliate disclosure here. Here’s what we’ve been reading this week: THE MOM – I finished The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman, I think I ended up giving it 3 stars, I would maybe stretch that to a 3.5. She had some good…
With the end of winter we’ve come out of hibernation and have drastically reduced our screen time. One of the things I want to do with the kids this summer is teach them all kinds of old school games – hopscotch, jacks, skipping games, etc. Yesterday morning I set out to teach the kids cat’s…
One of the things I love about homeschooling is following the interests of my kids. I am really looking forward to the day when they “know what they want to be when they grow up” (or you know, at least an idea. I’m not even sure if I know what I want to be when…