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science

15Feb
6

Mom learns, too: How I’ve gone back to college (sort of) to study astrobiology

Unschooling parents learn too – in fact, our job is in large part to be interestED and interestING. I’ve been taking an amazing free online course in astrobiology. What are you interested in today?

07Jan
22

To the moon and back: Best resources for space and solar-system study

One of the “learning kicks” we’ve been on for more than six months now has been outer space, specifically our solar system and the moon. Here are some of the coolest books, movies, trips and more we’ve incorporated into our learning!

10Oct
26

Family field trip to Assateague and Chincoteague

If you’re headed to Assateague, Md., Chincoteague, Va., or Rehoboth Beach, Del., here are some great tips on what to see, especially if you’re making it a homeschooling field trip.

21Sep
10

Biographies, biographies, biographies!

Our family’s reading includes a lot of biographies – what a great way to learn in our homeschool!

17Aug
1

Our scrapbook: Photos from Lego Junior Robotics Camp

Ashar has LOVED the Lego Bricks 4 Kidz junior robotics camps. Here’s a photo scrapbook of her with some of her new friends.

10Aug
7

Butterfly adventures: Our trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, plus tales from our own garden

Our trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History included several trips through the live Butterfly Experience. What a great homeschooling adventure!

06Aug
44

The unschooled version of a seventh-grade-ish curriculum plan for 2012-13

We don’t do grade levels. We don’t do textbooks. Here’s our radical unschooling 7th grade-ish plan, heavy on travel, movies, books and fun.

17Jun
4

Han shot first, slugs and Born Free: Snippets from unschooling this week

In our family’s unschooling life during June 2012, we talked about slugs, mohawks, and who shot first in Star Wars (it’s Han, of course).

06May
10

Computers, robots, geese, sports and Squinkies: Snippets from unschooling this week

Here’s a look at some of the snippets of unschooling and learning in our family during the week of May 6, 2012.

27Apr
5

Making homemade ice pops and studying freezing

Science doesn’t have to be expensive – we spent a day “playing” with a teakettle of boiling water and a pan full of ice and learned a ton about states of matter.

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Hi from the Conciliotto family – a collection of humans and cats starring Ashar, who has been learning with us at home since Feb. 29, 2012. We haven’t looked back since that “Leap Day Leap” out of public school.

We consider ourselves secular unschoolers, or life learners, and the coolest thing about our untraditional approach (besides the ability to stay up til 2 a.m. and sleep late!) is that we’re ALL learning in ways we’d never have expected.

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