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Turning Your Children’s Artwork Into Heirloom Quality Crafts

by Kami on August 31, 2010

If your house is anything like mine you have an abundance of children’s artwork to deal with. Now this post is not about how to organize it, but rather how to take some of your favorite pieces, those you are most sentimental about, and turn them into treasures that will last for a long time [...]

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Mess Hall 101- Learning History Through Cooking!

by Michelle on August 30, 2010

in elementary school, family, hands on, high school, home ec, social studies, unschooling

A few months ago I came across a book that I really thought was pretty neat. To be honest, when I first bought it I had no ideas about using it for schooling purposes. I bought it for me. I bought it because it seemed practical for our family. I bought it because the title [...]

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Imitation versus the Real Thing

by Dana♥ on February 17, 2010

in elementary school, family, home ec, household management and chores, life skills, planning

If you’ve been in a daycare center or elementary school classroom, or even the toy section of your local super-mart, you’ve probably seen some of the following:

a pretend kitchen
a pretend laundry center
a pretend grocery store
a pretend post office
a pretend baby nursery

While these imitations are fun, easier and often cleaner, they are lacking some of the greatest [...]

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The Learning Game

by amida on January 7, 2010

in arts and crafts, elementary school, family, games, how to, math, middle school, preschool, projects, reviews, science, social studies, study aids, unschooling

It’s no secret that children learn while at play, possibly better so than at other times. We take advantage of this by incorporating the Learning Game into our lessons.
The object of the game is to collect as many tokens as possible. On his turn, each player rolls the dice, adds the digits, and moves according [...]

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