life skills

It’s vacation time again! Hooray!   With three small children at home, traveling by airplane is cost prohibitive for us. We’ll be loading up our beloved minivan and hitting the road to sunny Florida this summer. After surviving this trip three times, I feel somewhat qualified to offer my tips for traveling by car with [...]

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As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Indeed, although as homeschoolers we have opted out of traditional public education, that doesn’t mean we have opted out of being part of the community at large. One unique but often overlooked benefit of homeschooling is [...]

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A favorite school activity in my house is making cookies. Baking and cooking are a wonderful way to demonstrate several lessons. following directions science math, more specifically fractions home economics reading skills for younger children kitchen safety importance of washing hands and cleanliness organization On today’s baking menu:   chocolate chip cookies Today’s helper:  Alyssa, [...]

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