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  • How To Make Any Adventure Even More Educational

    We've all had that field trip that we were so excited for only to get home and think "they probably could've gotten more from that."

  • 8 Fun Vegetables Your Kids Will Love To Grow In Their Own Garden

    I didn't know there would be so many benefits when my family started our first garden many years ago. Planting seeds and seedlings (small plants) into those first garden beds in our tiny backyard in Los Angeles became a new adventure of learning for us all.

  • Explore The Wild & Learn With Nature

    Outdoors can be anything outside your house, such as your yard, deck, balcony, and parks. In this article, we will talk about the benefits of outdoor exploration, in addition to examples and ways to support outdoor activities with homemade materials.

  • Patterns in the Park: Explore engineering concepts in nature

    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.

  • 10 Easy Summer Plants to Forage with Kids

    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.

  • The Benefits of Taking the Summer Off

    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. 

  • Get & Keep Your Kids Interested In Learning About Music

    Getting your children interested in learning about music can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but it can also be a challenge.

  • Four FREE Resources Offered by the National Park System

    Towering redwoods, pristine wild beaches, and prismatic hot springs are common visuals when we think of National Parks. And with good reason. The National Park system contains some of the most beautiful vistas and interesting ecosystems in our country.

  • Homeschooling in the Car: Your Window to the World

    Road schooling can present opportunities for hands-on, experiential learning that is difficult or impossible to match close to home. When you leave the familiarity of your usual surroundings, you anticipate exciting experiences, novel landscapes, new foods, historical sites, and natural wonders.

  • The Global Classroom: My Top Tips To Taking Homeschooling On The Road

    World-schooling and road-schooling are becoming increasingly popular among homeschooling families.

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