A fun family writing project: What if your stuff came to life?
Looking for a fun family writing project? Try imagining what would happen if your household items came to life and became sentient beings!
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The unschooled version of a 10th-grade-ish curriculum plan for 2015-16
We don’t do grade levels, but if you’re wondering what radical unschooling 10th grade-ish style looks like, here’s our 15-year-old daughter’s plan.
The power of words: Unschooling language arts
As part of an iHomeschool Network series in January 2014, we’re sharing how our radical unschooling family “teaches” – or, really, learns – language arts, math, science, history and fine arts. Today, find out how reading, writing, spelling, grammar and comprehension happen in our lives.
Pixels and punctuation: Video games for writing and spelling
It’s not such a bad thing if all your kids want to do is play video games. Here’s a look at how we use them in our family to promote good reading, writing and spelling.
Ashar’s custom version of "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Check out this custom version of The 12 Days of Christmas, featuring Xbox 360s and… lottery tickets?!
Sharing our similes
Ashar had a blast reading about similes in Life of Fred: Goldfish, and decided to create dozens of her own. Want to play along?
Alert: Stegosauruses are roaming the earth again
Using a set of Makedo connectors to recycle old boxes, we made an amazing stegosaurus and wrote several news articles about him!
Rest in peace, triops; long live the winter white hamster
In her quest to bring a winter white hamster home from the pet store, Ashar made a list of all the supplies she’d need and (gasp) did some math.
Triops, Celtic Nights and Ashar’s own blog
Want to have some live prehistoric pets? Grow your own triops. We did. They’re kind of cool… in a crustacean-like way.
Fan fiction, bookstore bliss and making math more manageable
Ashar decided to write her own NASCAR fan fiction story about Jimmie Johnson after building a model of his racecar!