Here’s an older tidbit of info that I’ve not heard much about lately.
MIT and other universities are making some of their courses available online, for free. Some courses are merely lecture notes, others are full audio and or video presentations of each class.
These are great for furthering your own education, or preparing your children for [...]

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Just realized Earth Day is tomorrow… have been working on a few designs including this one.

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I don’t plan on making a regular thing out of movie reviews - we all know there are plenty of movie review sites out there. Also, because I generally only see movies months after they have been out on video, when I can get them free at the library.
However, we saw a free screening of [...]

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In trying to maintain a schedule for your homeschool, it’s easy to over-emphasize the traditional academics - and do a disservice to you and your children in the process.
My first year of homeschooling (4th Grade) my parents tried Seton Home Study’s curriculum. We only used it one year. It’s a great curriculum (in fact, we [...]

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Interesting front-page news story in the Grand Rapids Press the other day about Maria Gajewski who is living on a food budget of $30 this month.  She’s donating the savings to a local nature center.
In part she’s foraging for food from the wild - so there’s plenty of resources on her blog for natural ways [...]

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