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    By Lauren Schroeder, Salt And Lightspeed

    Nature has always been a remarkable source of inspiration for human innovation. From the wings of birds inspiring the invention of airplanes to the structure of spider webs informing architectural designs, nature's ingenious solutions have often informed and outperformed human creations.

    ... Read more

  • 10 Easy Summer Plants to Forage with Kids
    10 Easy Summer Plants to Forage with Kids

    By Deirdre Skipper, KindlingrWild

    We may be closing up the books for summer, but do homeschoolers ever stop learning? Never! In summer, we simply take our learning outside and on the road even more than usual.

    Playing in nature allows for a plethora of opportunities to do multi-disciplinary learning as a family. One... Read more

  • The Benefits of Taking the Summer Off
    The Benefits of Taking the Summer Off

    By Nina Elena

    For the past 17 years of homeschooling, I have heard other homeschool moms chat about their summer plans. Some plan to travel. Some plan to relax. Some plan to complete projects around the house and some plan to homeschool through the summer. 

    We tried homeschooling through the summer once... Read more

  • Free Fantasy Short Stories for Teens
    Free Fantasy Short Stories for Teens

    By Karyne Norton, Author

    When I was an Usborne consultant, I heard one complaint over and over from homeschool moms: My teen’s reading comprehension is too high for these books, and I don’t have time to pre-read every novel they want to read.

    And now that my own kids are reaching that stage, I’ve... Read more

  • The Beautiful Homeschool Mess
    The Beautiful Homeschool Mess

    By Debbie McMullen, Messy, Beautiful, Fun

    It began with a single binder.

    And a single child.

    And then it grew.

     

    As many homeschool parents did in the early 2000s, I began my homeschool journey with a big-boxed curriculum. This curriculum came with a huge teacher's binder, a student binder for work pages,... Read more