In talking with my mother about our decision on whether to start preparing Shannon for a professional dance career, we spoke about laying a strong spiritual foundation, and she doesn’t feel our kids are getting enough, due to our style of home church (and having no specific children’s program). Afterwards, I spoke to Joan Strain about ...

Here's a fascinating article about teaching herbalism in your homeschool. It's called "Stinging Nettle Teaches Homeschooled Teenager Why People Like to Shop." This is written by the wife of the family who started the Learning Herbs site.

I've found a great website called Learning Herbs. They have a fun board game called Wildcraft, which is a great way for the family to learn which herbs you would apply to help which ailments. The kids really cracked up when they got "diarrhea" in the game! The site also offers email newsletters with free recipes, as well as some ...

Here's a homeschool buyer's co-op, though you don't have to homeschool to be a member. Right now people are signing up to get a 55% savings on a great online educational tool called Explore Learning Gizmo's. Hmmm, maybe this would be good for the summer... ;-) Check it out!  

Have you heard of lap books? It's an awesome learning tool and another new form of scrapbooking used especially well with homeschooling. Check it out with these links: Intro to Lapbooks Living Literature with Lap Book Learning Lapbooking on a Shoestring Tobin's Lab In the Hands of a Child  

      Sometimes the kids come up with the best unschooling moments. This month we had an impromptu unit study--bookmaking! It started when the three younger kids were all playing together, imagining that they were elves attending elven school. They had discovered an old book of Sara Teasdale's poems, which read to them ...

            I keep getting tossed about here and there, with ideas and motivations and projects and desires. It seems every time I read a new book or watch a new movie or just get a new idea out of the blue, I can’t stop thinking about it and want to act upon the ideas. But by the end of ...