High School
Technology is the New Literacy
June 17, 2013
We don't want to teach our kids to be point and click users, we want to teach them to be think and create users.
Growing Independence (for all of us)
May 31, 2013
How is it that my family can survive without me? Oh right, I've taught them some living and learning skills so that they can, not just survive, but thrive, in my absence.
Dropping it all
May 24, 2013
I am now living two homeschool worlds. The world of elementary/middle years and high school. And from this vantage point I can say with confidence it's ok to drop it all when spring arrives.
Show and Share Supper
May 17, 2013
Our supper time fantasy table talk was becoming tedious. It was time to re-engage with the "real world".
Where They Want To Be (or, you don't need a school-room to homeschool)
May 6, 2013
You don't need a special space to create the "right environment" for creativity or learning. What you need is "right relationship".
The Spring I Start Running
April 16, 2013
I've been thinking for a while now that one day I would start running but I've been digging in my heels, literally and figuratively. The last time I did any serious running was when Céline was a baby. That's twelve years ago or so.
Homeschool Writing with Patricia Zaballos
March 11, 2013
Writing is a "subject" that stresses out many homeschool parents and kids. I get a lot of questions on the blog and in coaching sessions about writing, usually along these lines, "My kids' don't like to write. What do I do?"
