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Project-Based Homeschooling. Or, for the love of tape.
So, I have a copy of Lori Pickert’s book Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners to give away. Lori sent it to me ages ago, but I wasn’t sure how to do a giveaway, to be honest....
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la famille
I’m lucky when it comes to in-laws. They’re interesting and funny and generous and kind and smart; all things that I like when it comes to humans. They live in Ontario though, which is perhaps their...
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Not Back to School 2014
This year we missed the local Not Back to School picnic at Trout Lake, but for a very good reason. We were in Ontario and Quebec (more on that later), but before we left, we went to a Not Back to...
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Through Esmé’s eyes
I went to upload the pictures from our recent annual trip with our beloved Rainbow Tye-dye Camping Fairies and I found a bunch of pictures that Esmé took from before we left. I love the glimpse into...
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little purple notebook
I was upstairs in my office writing this morning, when Jack texted me: You need a new blog post! She’s probably my biggest fan. So here you are, love. The one I’ve had on the burner for a while, but...
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nerdy homeschool workspace post
We have a very small kitchen, with a very small space at one end that gets the most use out of all the available space in the house. It is our dining room (room? HA!), our family art space, our...
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Rolley Lake
Oh, my, we sure do love our new tent trailer. My camping mama-buddy just got a new trailer, so her and her three kids (including 10 -week-old infant!) invited us to join them at Rolley Lake, near...
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Porteau, please.
The kids and I just got back from our inaugural camping trip with our new-to-us tent trailer! We’ve been looking for one for a long time. Three years, perhaps? And in the mean time, we tented. But...
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Porteau, please.
The kids and I just got back from our inaugural camping trip with our new-to-us tent trailer! We’ve been looking for one for a long time. Three years, perhaps? And in the mean time, we tented. But...
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explorer vests
Each year, Grandma Cathie and Grampa Dave head south to their trailer in El Centro, California for some bone-soothing heat and soul-lifting sunshine. We miss them terribly, and there’s lot of talk...
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Young Builder’s Discount
Every time Hawk sets foot in a hardware store, his eyes go wide and he whispers sweet nothings as he goes up and down the aisles. ”Oooh. I like this one. And this one too. I want that one for my...
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Toys for the un-toy kid
This Blue Jay California Oranges box came into the house just after Christmas. Ever since, it has been the go-to item in our house. This doesn’t surprise me in the least. Not after five years of...
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wanderlust
Even before we left Mexico, we were talking about when the kids and I could get out of town again. I’m not actually a city person, so when we moved down from Pemberton almost five years ago, Jack and...
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home | school | life subscription giveaway!
A handful of smart, lovely folks are putting together a new homeschool magazine, and are launching their first issue this spring! home|school|life magazine is going to be full of information, advice,...
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art, side by side
One of my favourite ways to spend time on this planet is by making art. Drawing, painting, making, writing … generally any kind of creative mucking about makes my heart all warm and sparkly. Add kids...
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our Mexico curriculum
Our Mexico curriculum? Doesn’t exist! Or, at least, not in any formal way, which I’m sure you are all shocked to hear. We’re mostly life learners, really, with a smattering of Miquon and Reading...
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San Sebastian del Oeste
On our first day here, we met Barbara at the beach. She’s from Comox, and filled us in on what she’d learned since arriving a couple of weeks before. We saw her a couple of times after that, and then...
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Hearts of Sayulita!
It’s Valentines Day in Sayulita! We decided to do a scavenger hunt for hearts, starting at our house. Sayulita is full of love and hearts, some of the most gorgeous hearts we’ve ever seen. Esmé had a...
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Project-based Homeschooling away from home
Call it whatever you’d like … life-learning, home-learning, world-learning, roadschooling, travel-schooling, homeschooling, unschooling, lifeschooling, hackschooling, independent learning, or just...
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Happy Birthday, Esmé!
Dear Esmé, Yesterday you turned five. You can read, you are an ace with numbers, and you are the fastest runner I’ve ever met. You’re working on riding a pedal bike, but still aren’t very interested...
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