Cookies, Crayons, Classes, & Chaos

source Learning what you want, when you want, how you want. That's the general approach followed by unschoolers, and advocates of nat...

Whether you are homeschooling or just to keep kids busy during the summer, these are some great blogs to follow for inspiration and...

A rose is a rose by any other name, but a challenging kid can have lots of different labels. I'm not against labels if they help me ge...

From NPR: How Social Networking Can Help Neighbors During Disasters Knowing your neighbors, and lots of of them is important.   Daniel ...

It's hard to believe that many of my geeky interests co-mingled in this one book; Plants, politics, and history.  If CNN was ar...

We have been working to eliminate as much unnecessary grass as possible.  If the grass isn't a space in the yard that is conducive ...

I'll admit it.  I hate hate hate to cook.  But I don't mind making soups.  I love to eat soups and I feel like I can be at least mil...

canary-island-smoothies.com Our family has found a great food strategy that in keeping with the tricks of " Sneaky Chef " Miss...

D.W. the Picky Eater (Arthur) Many families struggle with picky eaters.  Maybe that's why our family really loves the tale o...

http://www.magiclistbot.biz/  WHEN KIDS PUSH OUR BUTTONS I really appreciated the " Daily Groove " words of wisdom.  There ...

What a fun and inexpensive way to make jewelry out of summer's leftover pieces. Have fun with this tutorial for making Popsicle Stick...

 Painted Gumballs by Casa Maria's Creative Learning Zone  I'm finally glad to say I have those annoying prickly seed balls that...

My sensory seeking kids have always loved sensory tables as preschoolers and the fascination continues into their early elementary ages.  Ok...

Staring out the window at bare tree branches and longing for spring, these floral delights are a nice bright spot in my day. These faux ...

Thanks to Dabbled who shared a tutorial for paper narcissus from Bitter Betty Industries . Picture from  Stanley Makes Three The Bitte...

First of all, it's really fun to say "loo rolls" instead of toilet paper tubes.  Australians make everything sound fun! Seco...

True confessions, I am a social scientist.  I love research and even statistics.  But chemistry gave me stomach aches every day in high sch...

The folks over at Freely Educate are sponsoring a giveaway contest for the fabulous, IMHO, All About Spelling curriculum !! Followers of ...

MARKETING TO MY KIDS First it was Betty Crocker Bake 'n Fill .  Then it was Snuggies . This year's ridiculously overly-simplistic ...

A virtual trip to the Natural Kids Store  has inspired me to start thinking about winter crafts with the kids. All the handcrafted felt and ...