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Traveling to Tokyo....so happily full of red beans

On hiatus while I travel (with 3 kids!) to Japan. Will have loads to share later (when we're not still struggling with 3a wake up and jet lag), but until then, ...

Birth Practices through history.....NSFW (and graphic)....The Good Old Days?

It dawned on me that maybe preparation for birth used to be a little more sane. https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/blogs-prod-media/us/uploads/2016/01/20133206/...

Pencil Grip: Right or Wrong

How do you hold your pencil? I was reading an article about different writing styles yesterday and then I saw a picture of the writer holding there pen... From ...

Getting Accepted To The College Harder To Get Into Than Harvard

I still remember my first time eating at this Japanese Restaurant with the food being prepared in front of my eyes. Delicious. It was December 2016 and I was vi...

A Fun Way to Learn Basic Arithmetic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR6O3QdUWtk Are you or your children terrible at the most elementary skills of math such as arithmetic? If that is the case or y...

Omlet Coop....Fancy Chicken House Update!

Did you see my earlier post about the new chicken coop? Well, I thought I would share a few observations now that we have been using is for a few weeks. I purch...

Some (big-M) Modern and (little-m) modern Art Work I just saw in Palm Springs….and what I am saying to engage my kids with the pieces. #4 Osho by Faig Ahmed

Did you see my earlier piece about a recent visit to Palm Springs museum of art? If not, I invite you to go back and take a look. This is the fourth in a series...

So Amazon Prime Day is kind of like looking at a pretty crappy clearance sale...but here are some things that might be good deals for homeschoolers and parents

Amazon Prime Day starts Monday night. If you are not familiar, it is a made up holiday to help increase July shopping. And probably clear out some warehouse spa...

The New and Improved, Updated (and enhanced with Technicolor) List of Farm-Fresh, Free-Range, Fair-Trade HOMESCHOOLERS ON STEEMIT

I hope that Steemit continues to evolve to a forum for serious exchange of ideas around homeschooling and education. I’ve been seeing some great articles and en...

So, My 9-year-old picked up Animal Farm… AND finished it... and why homeschooling revolutionized reading and changed everything.

There were a number of reasons that I pulled my children out of a very good (10/10!!) public school this year. There was significant personality conflict and pe...

Some (big-M) Modern and (little-m) modern Art Work I just saw in Palm Springs….and what I am saying to engage my kids with the pieces. #3 After The Future, Jim Lambie

We are moving in this episode from Modern (meaning the school of art called Modern) to modern (meaning contemporary). After the future, Jim Lambie This piece wa...

Some (big-M) Modern and (little-m) modern Art Work I just saw in Palm Springs….and what I am saying to engage my kids with the pieces. #2: Untitled Composition, Joan Miro

2 Untitled Composition by Miro Did you see my earlier piece about a recent visit to Palm Springs museum of art? If not, I invite you to go back and take a look....

Some (big-M) Modern and (little-m) modern Art Work I just saw in Palm Springs….and what I am saying to engage my kids with the pieces. #1: Butterflies and Spiral by Calder

Maybe this isn’t true for everyone here on Steem, but I think that most parents have difficulty engaging their children in museum work. I base this on the fact ...

Are your kids good at math? How do you know?.....How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Homeschool Math

Last year, the Atlantic featured a great article called The Math Revolution about how more American kids are doing math competitions and are doing well. It’s lo...

You should be in Palm Springs eating Date Shakes Right NOW. Well, not now, but maybe in February.

A few weeks ago, I found out that the stars were going to align and my husband and I would have 3 days to ourselves to do a little travel. We decided to hop on ...

The all natural cure for diaper rash! 3 Steps to a Healthy Bottom (Spoiler: The Diaper is the Problem)

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1511857/images/o-CLOTH-DIAPER-facebook.jpg from huffpost.com Diaper rash is a common affliction of babies. Some people think that clot...

Why I call myself a Lazy Homeschooler....

A small sample of the things I love to do: -nap -do hard math problems with my kids -backpack and cook over a fire -bake cakes -watch netflix -gamble -go to art...

Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning (Esteem Network Contest Entry)

If you are home schooling or unschooling your kids, you owe it to your children to know this. This report, although a decade old, is a source of good educationa...

The Best Show You’re Not Watching on Netflix...My Crush on Justified

This is just a post for fun, and a deviation from teaching my preschooler safe glue gun use . It’s my TV loveletter. Let's get to it. My dear husband and I have...

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