Homeschool Fiction

Wow! It’s March already. Amazing how time can fly by when you are having so much fun, which is all February was about for my family and me.
It started with our annual Super Star Trek Sunday party. We then had a week of green screen photo shoots with the SOARing Unschoolers–end goal was [...]

As a surprise to our guests at our Super Star Trek party on February 1st, I took photographs of all of them who wanted their photo taken in front of a green screen.  Click here for “Fun with Green Screens PART ONE”.  Here are just a few more of the hundreds of fun photos we [...]

With just a little over a week before Pi Day, it’s time to get ready for this super fun celebration!  This year it’s even on a Saturday!!!
What is Pi Day? Every year on March 14th, people around the world make and eat pies in celebration of the number Pi which can be approximated as 3.14.
My [...]

Today marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.  Many people call it Darwin Day and there are hundreds of celebrations being held all around the world today!
Many homeschoolers choose to homeschool so that their children won’t learn about Darwin.  Whether you believe he was 100% correct, partially correct, or completely wrong in his findings, learning [...]

For our recent (vegan) Super Star Trek Party, we had the following menu (recipes to follow for the ones we can share):

Super Star Trek Sunday Menu
Mammoth Ferengi Tube Grubs
Similar to Earth’s scallops, these are covered in Bacon with a hint of mustard. A combination of flavors, these bite sized morsels are loved by many species, [...]

This is such an exciting year for my family; Super Star Trek Sunday and Groundhog Day are back-to-back!  We spent yesterday watching Star Trek, playing Star Trek games, doing a Starfleet Academy Training Course, doing Star Trek trivia questions, eating Star Trek inspired foods, and most of all: enjoying the company of our friends who [...]

Here are a few photographs we took yesterday as we played with my new photography green screen (we haven’t perfected it yet, but it’s great fun so far).  My kids were looking for the look of “falling through a black hole” or “spaghettification“.  I thought they looked more like they were being spit out of [...]

Only 4 days until Super Star Trek Sunday on February 1st.  In preparation for the costume contest, I’ve been assembling costume parts for my family and myself.  After much debate, I’ve decided to dress up as one of my favorite Star Trek characters: Guinan.
Since I was drawn to the purple/eggplant outfits of Guinan’s, I’ll be [...]

I’ve been spending the past few days planning an upcoming party (Super Star Trek Sunday) and doing some remodeling on my house, while still keeping up on all those normal things like laundry and dishes and cooking and sleeping and showering.  :)  It occurred to me that my family often has a couple of parties [...]