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    Favourite Christmas Books

    There is nothing better than getting some cosy pyjamas on, sipping on hot chocolate and cuddling up by the fire with your favourite Christmas books

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    What kind of resources work for unschooling? Check out this SchoolhouseTeachers.com review and see if it might be a perfect fit for your family.

    SchoolhouseTeachers.com Review from an Unschooling Mom

    February 6, 2019
    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

    Homeschool Sports – 5 Ideas for Physical Education Classes when Homeschooling

    May 10, 2018
  • 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.
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    Novel Study – Britfield & the Lost Crown

    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.

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    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.

    The Importance Of Community – Unschool Life

    July 16, 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.

    Jump In – Homeschool Writing Review

    June 19, 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
  • 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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    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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    Rainy Day Renaissance: 7 Indoor Activities That Spark Joy and Learning

    June 14, 2025

    Homeschool Sports – 5 Ideas for Physical Education Classes when Homeschooling

    May 10, 2018
    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!

    School’s Out! Unschooling Year End Report

    June 24, 2019
  • 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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    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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    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

    Online Learning Resources

    January 18, 2021

    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.
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    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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    Unexpected Educational Opportunities: Stealth Learning

    January 12, 2022
    white teddy bear reading a book on a blue background. how we discovered unschooling.

    Our Discovery of Unschooling

    April 24, 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.

    Homeschooling in the Summer

    July 8, 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.
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    7 Tips to Improve Reading Comprehension

    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.

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    Toddler Toys From Ikea -Inexpensive Gift Ideas

    December 11, 2020
    People often love to share their opinions about how you choose to live your life and parent your children. When you decide to homeschool, be prepared.

    Be Confident In Your Choice To Homeschool

    September 5, 2018
    Learning to cook is such an important life skill. Having your children in the kitchen with you is a great way to introduce them to cooking.

    Learning To Cook – Children In The Kitchen

    February 18, 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.
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    The Critical Thinking Co. Review

    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.

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    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

    June 6, 2025
    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!

    School’s Out! Unschooling Year End Report

    June 24, 2019

    Rainy Day Renaissance: 7 Indoor Activities That Spark Joy and Learning

    June 14, 2025
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    Children’s Books Recommendation – Large Family Library Haul

    As minimalists, we do not like to keep a lot of items in our home.  We do, however, absolutely love books.  From picture books, storybooks, novels, and information books – we love them all.  As a large family, if we were to buy everyone books to cover every topic that every child was interested in, we would have WAY too many books.  In order to fulfil this love of books, we take advantage of our local library.  These books were all greats, and definitely are children’s books we would recommend. We have 4 tiny humans who all read at different levels and enjoy different types of children’s books.  Every time…

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

    March 23, 2025

    Favourite Christmas Books

    December 12, 2020

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

    November 23, 2021
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    Resources For New Readers

    Teaching a young child to read can be the most rewarding and the most frustrating thing you can do as an educator.  All of my children have learned to read in different ways and at different ages.  We do not like to push this skill, as we believe that a stressful beginning to this journey will hinder the enjoyment down the road.  We like skills to develop naturally and on pace with the individual child. One misconception about unschooling is that we do not teach our children.  This is not true.  We just do not teach our children in a traditional, curriculum related way.  If you want to hear the…

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    The Solar System – Techie Homeschool Mom Review

    April 22, 2019
    People often love to share their opinions about how you choose to live your life and parent your children. When you decide to homeschool, be prepared.

    Be Confident In Your Choice To Homeschool

    September 5, 2018
    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
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    Wonder by RJ Palacio – Book Review

    Wonder is a story about August (Auggie) Pullman.  August was born with craniofacial abnormalities.  The story takes place as August enters the 5th grade.  He had been homeschooled by his mother, but now he will join his classmates at Beecher Prep.  Wonder is all about his journey through the fifth grade. I bought Wonder over a year ago.  We were doing a scholastic book order through our school board and I asked the boys to pick out whichever books they wanted from the catalogue.  One of the boys had circled Wonder.  I ordered the book not knowing anything about it.  When we got the book, I read the inside cover…

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    Roadschooling in Canada: BC To Ontario with Unschoolers

    July 31, 2022

    STEM Activities – Tied 2 Teaching Review

    March 20, 2019

    Favourite Christmas Books

    December 12, 2020
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