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  • Sight words can be a wonderful introduction to reading for your child. Luckily, we have been able to review a program from The Crafty Classroom all about sight words!
    Play and Learn

    Using Sight Words – Crafty Classroom Review

    Sight words can be a wonderful introduction to reading for your child. Luckily, we have been able to review a program from The Crafty Classroom all about sight words!

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    Do your children love hands on learning and science? Check out this review of CrossWired Science - a new program for the scientist in all of us.

    CrossWired Science Review

    April 18, 2019

    STEM Activities – Tied 2 Teaching Review

    March 20, 2019

    Child-Led Learning: How to Nurture Curiosity Without a Curriculum

    March 23, 2025
  • As parents and as human beings, we need a community for support. Creating an unschool community in your life can benefit you in so many ways.
    Play and Learn

    The Importance Of Community – Unschool Life

    As parents and as human beings, we need a community for support. Creating an unschool community in your life can benefit you in so many ways.

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    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

    June 6, 2025
    I was given the opportunity to review Stopmotion Explosion's Stop Motion Animation Kit. With budding filmmakers in my home, I knew this was going to be fun!

    Stopmotion Explosion Review

    April 15, 2019

    How to Supplement Your Child’s Education During (and After) the Pandemic

    November 23, 2021
  • My family love to read. We are always looking for new books. Recently, I got the chance to review The Heart Changer from Jarm Del Boccio, Author.
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    The Heart Changer – Book Review

    My family love to read. We are always looking for new books. Recently, I got the chance to review The Heart Changer from Jarm Del Boccio, Author.

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    Why We Unschool, A hand in silhouette holds a jar up to the sky and is capturing a galaxy of stars within the jar.

    Why We Unschool

    May 27, 2019
    Does your child love to read but struggles to comprehend what they have read? Check out these 7 tips to improve reading comprehension from an unschool mom.

    7 Tips to Improve Reading Comprehension

    May 25, 2019
    Do your children love hands on learning and science? Check out this review of CrossWired Science - a new program for the scientist in all of us.

    CrossWired Science Review

    April 18, 2019
  • Two children stare out at the beautiful turquoise water of Grassi Lakes in Canmore Alberta. The warm weather is here, public schools are out. Are you homeschooling in the summer? For us, learning never stops, the opportunities just change.
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    Homeschooling in the Summer

    The warm weather is here, public schools are out. Are you homeschooling in the summer? For us, learning never stops, the opportunities just change.

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    Roadschooling in Canada: BC To Ontario with Unschoolers

    July 31, 2022
    Jump In is a homeschool writing lesson guide. It works through the complexities of writing essays and the finer points of writing in small increments as to not overwhelm students.

    Jump In – Homeschool Writing Review

    June 19, 2019
    Ancient Greece has been a topic of conversation in our home for many moons now. Incorporating an Ancient Greece homeschool unit has been so much fun.

    Ancient Greece Homeschool Unit

    July 31, 2019
  • Is your child struggling to learn to read? Dyslexia Gold is a program designed to help them improve their reading and spelling skills.
    Play and Learn

    Struggling to Learn to Read? Check out this Dyslexia Gold Review

    Is your child struggling to learn to read? Dyslexia Gold is a program designed to help them improve their reading and spelling skills.

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    The Critical Thinking Co. has created a learning resource for aspiring detectives in your family. This review is for the Critical Thinking Detective - Vocabulary Book 2; an engaging way to introduce new vocabulary words and critical thinking.

    The Critical Thinking Co. Review

    May 8, 2019

    Raising Curious Minds: How to Keep the Love of Learning Alive in Your Child

    April 24, 2025
    One of the hardest things, when joining the unschooling world, is learning to trust your children. How will they learn the fundamentals? Trust them.

    Trust Your Children to Learn – Unschooling Life

    April 3, 2019
  • As a large family mom, who cooks from scratch, there are things that I need in my kitchen to function on a daily basis. This is our large family minimalism.
    Home and Lifestyle

    Kitchen Tour | Large Family Minimalism

    My life, as a minimalist, would look a lot different if I were living by myself. The things I would need would be a lot fewer than they are now. But as a large family minimalist and mom, who cooks almost every meal from scratch, at home, there are things that I need in my kitchen to function on a daily basis.

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    Are you looking for some zero waste swaps for your kitchen? Some kitchen items create so much waste and are easily swapped out with these alternatives.

    Must Have Zero Waste Swaps For The Kitchen

    July 25, 2018
    All across social media are images of beautiful, perfect bujos, which can intimidate. To inspire you to start your own, here is my imperfect bullet journal.

    My Imperfect Bullet Journal

    May 6, 2019

    How To Clean A Kettle In Only Two Minutes

    May 21, 2018
  • Do your kids love puzzles and video games? If so, you should check out this review for Matific Galaxy - an award winning math game for grades K-6!
    Play and Learn

    Matific Galaxy Review

    Do your kids love puzzles and video games? If so, you should check out this review for Matific Galaxy - an award winning math game for grades K-6!

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    Sight words can be a wonderful introduction to reading for your child. Luckily, we have been able to review a program from The Crafty Classroom all about sight words!

    Using Sight Words – Crafty Classroom Review

    July 17, 2019
    Do your children love tinkering with electronics? Check out snap circuits! A fun and safe way to introduce your electronics in your homeschool.

    Snap Circuits – A Fun Way To Introduce Electronics

    November 14, 2018
    I love art. As an experienced art teacher, I love inspiring children to get messy and create art. This homeschool art supply list will get you started on your artistic journey.

    Homeschool Art Supplies: K-6

    August 28, 2019
  • 4 boys of different heights stand beside a size chart and a very large fossil of the leg and foot bones from a dinosaur. School's Out! It is summer and we are excited for warmer weather and new adventures. We just had our unschooling year-end meeting and are officially done!
    Play and Learn

    School’s Out! Unschooling Year End Report

    School's Out! It is summer and we are excited for warmer weather and new adventures. We just had our unschooling year-end meeting and are officially done!

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    Ancient Greece has been a topic of conversation in our home for many moons now. Incorporating an Ancient Greece homeschool unit has been so much fun.

    Ancient Greece Homeschool Unit

    July 31, 2019
    Are you looking for some online game schooling resources? Check out EdAlive and this review for Typing Tournament Online and Maths Invaders Online!

    EdAlive Review

    May 23, 2019
    We love books and a good novel study around here. When we were given the opportunity to review Britfield & the Lost Crown, we were very excited. Our adventure has only begun.

    Novel Study – Britfield & the Lost Crown

    August 26, 2019
  • Jump In is a homeschool writing lesson guide. It works through the complexities of writing essays and the finer points of writing in small increments as to not overwhelm students.
    Play and Learn

    Jump In – Homeschool Writing Review

    Today I am reviewing Jump In, 2nd Edition - digital edition. This textbook, from Writing with Sharon Watson, is a homeschool writing lesson guide for your students. It works through the complexities of writing essays and the finer points of writing in small increments as to not overwhelm students.

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    white teddy bear reading a book on a blue background. how we discovered unschooling.

    Our Discovery of Unschooling

    April 24, 2019
    Do your kids love puzzles and video games? If so, you should check out this review for Matific Galaxy - an award winning math game for grades K-6!

    Matific Galaxy Review

    June 26, 2019
    The Critical Thinking Co. has created a learning resource for aspiring detectives in your family. This review is for the Critical Thinking Detective - Vocabulary Book 2; an engaging way to introduce new vocabulary words and critical thinking.

    The Critical Thinking Co. Review

    May 8, 2019
  • Nourishing Parenting is embracing your instincts and following your soul's purpose while raising your children in the manner in which you firmly believe.
    Home and Lifestyle

    What Is Nourishing Parenting?

    Nourishing Parenting is embracing your instincts and following your soul's purpose while raising your children in the manner in which you firmly believe. I wanted to find someone who parented like I did so I knew that I what I was doing was ok. As I have matured and become more confident in myself as a parent and as a human being, I realized that the parent that I instinctually want to be is the best parent I could possibly be.

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    All across social media are images of beautiful, perfect bujos, which can intimidate. To inspire you to start your own, here is my imperfect bullet journal.

    My Imperfect Bullet Journal

    May 6, 2019
    Do you ever feel like you could use your time in a more productive manner? That's me. When Habit Stacking was recommended to me I immediately bought it.

    Habit Stacking – A Book Review

    August 17, 2018

    How to Cultivate Gratitude and Joy in Everyday Parenting

    April 7, 2025
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