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15 Sep

Amelia Bedelia must have Asperger’s Syndrome

My younger daughter has been begging me to write this post for over a month now. She’s a huge Amelia Bedelia fan (the rest of us are too) and we talk about Amelia Bedelia’s interesting perspective on life all the time. Whenever my daughter hears a phrase that could be thought of in [...]

25 Aug

3D Fun

My kids love 3-D things. They’ve been having a lot of fun with Neave Anaglyph. It’s a website where you can “doodle in 3D”. Put on your 3D glasses and have some fun!
Some more fun free online games to check out are:

Sand Game (This highly fun game is a perpetual favorite here. We [...]

24 Aug

Forcing Children to Read Does NOT Work

The little girl’s alarm rang and she immediately slammed her book closed. Her 25 minutes of required reading for the day was up and she wasn’t about to read a second longer - she didn’t care if she was in the middle of a sentence, let alone a chapter. As the alarm rang, [...]

29 Apr

Interview with Ginger Carlson, Author of Child of Wonder

From the cute little girl on the front to the brilliant long lists of ideas (and glorious lists of great picture books), Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative and Naturally Curious Children (Common Ground Press 2008) by Ginger Carlson, M. A. Ed. had me hooked. This is a book I wish I could have been [...]

25 Apr

Unschooling Extended to Adults - Unjobbing? Unmoneying?

Since starting our Unschooling journey, I’ve often been the most surprised at how much my children’s educations have affected my own personal growth (by philosophy as well as actual day-to-day learning/living). I can quantitatively say that nothing has transformed me more, not even my journey to veganism (which happened because of our unschooling).
Exploring all [...]

23 Apr

How to: Have Confidence in Yourself

I’ve been asked how it is that I’ve come to be so confident. Interesting question!
This post could have been titled “How to Love Yourself”, as confidence and love go hand-in-hand.
A while ago my youngest daughter asked me, “Who do you love most in this world?”
I replied, “It’s a three way tie between you, your [...]

13 Apr

Announcing: Wright on Time Book Series

Announcing the Wright on Time Book Series!
WrightOnTimeBooks.com
The Wright family is taking off on an adventure of a lifetime. Living in an RV for two years, this homeschooling family is determined to make the most of their travels and have fun exploring the world together. Eleven year old Nadia and seven year old Aidan, make a [...]

09 Apr

Absent or Adversarial? Not in My Children Books!

I am currently looking for an agent in order to sell my children’s chapter book series. (Details about that in a post later this week.) There are many reasons why I started writing these books. One of the biggest reasons is the lack of good quality parents in children’s books.
It seems like [...]

25 Mar

How to Not Be Endearing; How to Choose a Mate

I’ve recently been judging a novel writing contest (which I cannot give out any details about, but, of course, it’s a great contest). I’m finding the judging to be loads of fun. I’m reading books that I normally would not read and that is always of great interest to me. I’ve found [...]

16 Mar

Guest Post: The Time-Turner and Time Travel

The following post is a guest post from my 11 year old Always Unschooled daughter, Zoë. This is her very first written report and she’d like to share it with the world. She wrote it for the Harry Potter class that I wrote about in my “My Unschooled 11 Year Old — Right [...]

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