Bringing the past to life: Video games for history and geography
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 learn about history and geography.
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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.
Digital currency: Video games for math
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 math skills and mathematical thinking.
Virtual friends, virtual art: Video games for social skills and creativity
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 build social skills and encourage creativity.
All my kids want to do is play video games – and that’s not bad
It’s not such a bad thing if all your kids want to do is play video games. This introduction to a week-long series on video game education will explain why!
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!
What we’re reading: Welcome 2013 edition
We’re reading about everything from unlikely animal friendships to alchemy this month in our family.
Learning about Olympian Jim Thorpe and the Pennsylvania town named for him
Learn about Jim Thorpe, the Native American Olympic athlete, as well as the Pennsylvania town named in his honor, and the controversy surrounding both.
Saying yes to multi-colored rice (and multicolored hair)
We said yes to blue streaks for our 12-year-old daughter Ashar’s hair, as well as to making some more rainbow rice!
Cookies, cousins, crazy weather and hickory nuts: This month’s snippets from unschooling
In our November snippets from unschooling, we made some crazy Star Wars scenes, shared time with cousins and roasted hickory nuts.