A Poem: Once On a Street Not Too Far From Me

Once on a street not too far from me There live a family – how many kids? – 3. They were off on a journey, and they weren’t fooling! They left P.S. 4 to switch to homeschooling.   At first all was new, novel, and fun. These motivated kids were learning a ton! BUT...

Bridging the Great Divide

I don’t live far from the Great Continental Divide in Colorado.  I knew that the water runoff to one side fed the watersheds to the west and eventually drained into the Pacific and on the other side of the divide the water ran east and eventually into the Atlantic. ...

Homeschool Guide to Family Vacations

By Tiany Davis from Sheknows.com With summer almost here, vacation planning is in full swing. As homeschoolers, the learning does not have to end when we take off for family vacations. Learning should be a natural extension of our children’s day-to-day...

What Would You Give Up To Homeschool?

Farkle. That’s the name of a game we recently learned to play.  It’s a game where you roll dice for points and then decide whether you will keep those points or try for more, running the risk of losing the points you’ve already made.  You have to weigh the benefit and...