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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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    wooden tiles with the letters L E A R N. unschooling is a different way to learn

    What Is Unschooling? A Beginner’s Guide for Parents

    February 28, 2025
    Yoga with kids is a fun and challenging experience. I am fairly new to my yoga journey and I love that my children are learning yoga, to control their bodies and minds, with me.

    Yoga With Kids: Learning Together

    August 13, 2019
    Are you wanting to increase your children's typing skills and speed (or your own)? Check out this review for Typing Tournament Online from EdAlive!

    Typing Tournament Online – Review

    May 23, 2019
  • 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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    Roadschooling in Canada: BC To Ontario with Unschoolers

    July 31, 2022

    Homeschool In Pajamas

    June 27, 2018
    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.

    The Heart Changer – Book Review

    July 11, 2019
  • 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.
    Play and Learn

    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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    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
    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
    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
  • 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.
    Play and Learn

    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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    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

    June 6, 2025
    How do unschoolers approach to learning about castles? From Tudor Castles to building our own in Minecraft, here is how we organized our castle unit study.

    Castle Unit Study

    August 30, 2019
    Unschooling happens without the use of curriculum, testing, schedules and grades. Am I a lazy Mom? Here is the truth about unschooling.

    I am A Lazy Mom – The Truth About Unschooling

    January 20, 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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    Unschooling With Big Brother Watching

    March 2, 2021
    white teddy bear reading a book on a blue background. how we discovered unschooling.

    Our Discovery of Unschooling

    April 24, 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
  • 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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    Having a bad day or off week? Have a GYST day! GYST stands for Get Your Shit Together and taking a day to get back on track really helps me press forward.

    Have A GYST Day

    October 15, 2018

    Becoming A Barefoot Family

    July 18, 2018

    Why I Practice Daily Gratitude

    June 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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    One of my many goals for 2019 is to get outside more. Join my #365HourChallenge and get more vitamin nature into your life! Complete with FREE bullet journal inspired printable!

    #365HourChallenge – Get Outside More In 2019

    January 24, 2019
    Are you wanting to increase your children's typing skills and speed (or your own)? Check out this review for Typing Tournament Online from EdAlive!

    Typing Tournament Online – Review

    May 23, 2019
    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.

    The Heart Changer – Book Review

    July 11, 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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    Top 3 Child-Friendly Hikes Near Revelstoke, British Columbia

    July 5, 2018

    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

    June 6, 2025
    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
  • 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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    Raising Curious Minds: How to Keep the Love of Learning Alive in Your Child

    April 24, 2025
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    Unexpected Educational Opportunities: Stealth Learning

    January 12, 2022

    Top 3 Child-Friendly Hikes Near Revelstoke, British Columbia

    July 5, 2018
  • 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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    Check out this Minimalist Bullet Journal! This plan with me for the month of March embraces a minimalistic style with simple colours and formatting.

    Minimalist Bullet Journal – March Plan With Me

    February 26, 2019

    Minimalism With Children – The Importance Of Habits

    April 29, 2018
    We all hold a power within us. With these simple affirmations for strength, we can begin to harness the strength within ourselves.

    Affirmations For Strength

    March 17, 2019
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