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Four Ways Residential Summer School Help Your Child Grow

03.15.2019 by Girl on Fire // Leave a Comment

Education is a hugely important part of your child’s progression towards adulthood. Learning about the world around them, their shared human histories, and the ways in which they’ll be able to maximize their potential constitutes the ideal preparation for a successful life. So it’s little surprise that those children that attend summer school are given […]

Categories // Did You Know? Tags // Education, Learning, Skills

Hook Them When They’re Young: Learning About Robotics Is Tons of Fun!

05.15.2018 by Girl on Fire // Leave a Comment

Robotics

Robotics is kind of a new trend. I mean, they’ve been around for a while, but only really for adults. Technology has made massive bounds over recent times though, meaning robotic tools are available and simple enough to be used by children. This can be a huge advantage for them. Let’s take a look at […]

Categories // Did You Know? Tags // Education, Kids, Learning, robotics

Reigniting Your Hunger To Learn

04.23.2018 by Girl on Fire // Leave a Comment

hunger to learn

As children, we daydream about the day that we can leave formal schooling behind and move forward in life. We dream about leaving the classroom and the rules and regulations of the teachers so that we can experience life in its fullest form. Many people would follow the words of Mark Twain when he said […]

Categories // Did You Know? Tags // Adult education, Education, educational resource, Learning

Navigating Nature With Your Children

07.26.2017 by Girl on Fire // Leave a Comment

Nature with Your Children Image Source The natural world. We all know it’s important. We pay lip service to global warming and make small changes where we can. But, with average world temperatures at an all time high, and rising more each year, our efforts aren’t enough. But, there’s hope yet. It may be too […]

Categories // Did You Know? Tags // earth, environment, Kids, Learning, Nature

GEODice, Games for Education! #Homeschool

04.23.2013 by Girl on Fire // 1 Comment

geodice

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 […]

Categories // Homeschool Tags // Games, GeoDice, Geography, homeschool, Homeschool education, Learning

Frozen Planet DVD Collection, Review and Giveaway!

05.14.2012 by Girl on Fire // 43 Comments

If you love exciting, educational TV…then you will love Frozen Planet! Frozen Planet airs every Sunday night at 8 pm on the Discovery channel.  I had never watched it until recently, we were missing out for sure.  I was sent a 3-disc complete series collection.  We have not made it through the entire series yet, but […]

Categories // Contests Tags // BBC, Discovery Channel, Educational, family, Frozen Planet, Giveaway, homeschool, Learning, Nature, Penguins, Polar Bears, Science, Whales

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