Children's Museum The transition from school year to summer and back again can be as varied as homeschool families themselves vary, but there are some interesting things I’ve noticed as a homeschool parent that ...
Road Trips
Homeschooling around the country
Road trips are a great way to make learning interesting and relevant while being frugal. Homeschoolers have more freedom to travel during the slow season, so there are fewer crowds and lower prices for big attractions, but there are plenty of opportunities for real world education without hitting the most popular places.
How Can Having a Fourth Grade Student Save You Money?
We eagerly waited for our middle son to enter his fourth grade year because we had some exciting plans, and he was going to help us afford them. How does that work, you say? Well, there is a program to encourage all ...
How to Encourage Learning: Immerse Your Kids in Sand
This May, while on a family vacation with the grandparents, we took the boys to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. We live in the Midwest, and don’t see a lot of sand dunes, not to mention the ocean. I ...