High school wasn’t my favorite part of life. Like most kids, the teenage years aren’t the most glamorous of times. Peer pressure, bullying, social awkwardness, acne (one of the many great parts of growing up!), relationships, homework, and mean teachers might come to mind when you think of your own high school experience. Nowadays, high […]
GEODice, Games for Education! #Homeschool
As you know, we are a homeschool family and lean strongly towards unschooling. We are always looking for fun ways to learn. Games are a great tool for home education, as well as a great tool for expanding on public education. As I have said a million times before, if you make it fun they […]
Thoughts on Unschooling by Quinn Cummings
This is a guest post by Quinn Cummings, author of The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling. Our species has been recognizably human for 130,000 years, give or take, and for all but the last 400, no one has learned a classroom. Even with these last 400 years, education as we would know it was […]
zOrb Digital Microscope Review and Giveaway
This giveaway is closed. Winner was comment #88! (They never responded so I did random.org again! THE NEW WINNER IS COMMENT #32! There is one thing in my home that is used daily by my children. The zOrb from Carson Optical is a Digital Microscope. It is fun as well as a great educational tool. […]
Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Deluxe, Review and Giveaway!
This giveaway has ended. The winning comment was comment #2! We are always looking for educational items to check out! Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Deluxe was sent to use for review. Below you will find a description of the software, followed by our thoughts. Music Ace Deluxe software is a combination of music lessons and […]
Another Educational Goody, Human Body Detectives
This giveaway has ended! The winning comment was comment #20. The winner has been notified. Thanks! The more fun you make education, the easier it is to teach. Recently I was sent the first release in the Human Body Detectives series to try out with the girls. I knew right away that this would be […]