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Category Archives: home schooling

A Clique of Clicks

16-May-08

If, like me, you were dying to know the difference between a marsh, a swamp and a bog, here’s a link that will sort it all out for you before your next nature walk. If, on the other hand, you’re sound on wetlands, but somewhat confused about our winged insect buddies’ private lives, this [...]

Time’s A-Wasting

10-Apr-07

“Come on. Come on. We don’t have all day,” someone says to their kid at the supermarket. The kid is holding a piece of fruit and asking her mother what it is. “Is this a pomegranate, Mom?” she asks again. Her mother is throwing peppers into a bag and her patience is wearing very thin. [...]

What I Know That I Don’t Know, You Know?

19-Mar-07

Unschooling is tricky to do, especially if you’re a nudger. I confess that I nudge my two kids too often, trying to steer them in the direction I think they should go in. Even worse, once in awhile, I say something that just isn’t so, with absolutely nothing to back it up and sound like [...]