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Family Travel and Learning in Cancun, Mexico
While in Cancun for our 100% fun and 100% educational vacation we called Riu Palace Peninsula our home base. RIU Palace Peninsula is an all-inclusive resort in Cancun; our family of four…
Whittling – an Easy How-To
Adventurous kids tend to also be talented, artistic kids, who enjoy creating things and working with their hands. That’s why wood whittling is not only a pleasant past time for many,…
Homeschooling & Life Skills
Kids need to be taught practical life skills—skills that will teach them how to survive in society—how to thrive in society. Teaching these to your children can certainly be part of your…
Homeschooling, Super Easy Backyard Archaeology
In college, I minored in Anthropology which included Archaeology. It didn't exactly have anything to do with my education major but it is an incredibly interesting field of study! Recently,…
WE BOUGHT A ZOO PRINTABLES
In the movie, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) is a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer who, as a single father, faces the challenges of raising his two young children.…
Homeschooling and Teaching Social Skills
Yesterday, we discussed the difference between socialization and social skills. As parents, we are concerned about and aim to have our children learn appropriate social skills. The question becomes…
Nobel Prize for Physics goes to a man that was homeschooled
The Nobel Prize Winners for 2009 were announced this past week. One of the winners of the Noble Prize for Physics was a man who was homeschooled in his younger years, Dr. Willard S. Boyle. …