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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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Forts And The Art Of Learning

by amida on January 28, 2010

in elementary school, family, motherhood, projects, unschooling

There never seemed to be a chair around the dining table lately and the sofa looked pretty bare and cushionless. Even worse, the living room had been taken over by quilted lumps and my children were nowhere to be seen. Such was my life when my boys decided to go on a fort building mission [...]

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Rainy Days Jar

by angelamills on December 15, 2009

in extracurriculars, fitness, homeschooling administrative topics, unschooling

One of our readers shared this recently:
I’d love to read some articles about how to keep an energetic toddler engaged in the cold winter months when going outside to work off the excess energy is not an option.
I originally wrote this post in February of last year, but I’ve updated it a little and wanted [...]

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