You’re Invited - NOT Back To School Pool Party

If you’re a homeschooler in the Marion County/Ocala area; consider yourself invited! We’re hosting our annual NOT back to school pool party on the first day of school, which is Monday, August 24. Please being your bathing suit, towel and flip flops. You might also want to bring a bagged lunch for you and your family, [...]

Learning Math Concepts Without School

**originally posted in 2007** My nine year old daughter wants to be an astronaut and she’s passionate about astronomy and space. I’ve learned more about the solar system from her than I ever did in in all my years in school. A few months ago, she and my husband (I call them the two space cadets  -lol) [...]

Are You On Facebook?

Do you use facebook? I used to use myspace quite a bit but I find myself using facebook more and more. If you have an account, feel free to add me as a friend. Also, you can leave the link to your account in a comment here so others can “friend” you as well. [...]

What Is Unschooling?

Kelly Lovejoy posted this on an unschooling e-mail list a while back. She was answering someone’s question, which was; “What exactly is unschooling? I thought it was another name for homeschooling”. All poodles are dogs, but not all dogs are poodles. All unschooling is homeschooling, but all homeschooling isn’t unschooling. Unschooling is legally a type of [...]

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not (Orlando)

We recently spent the day checking at the weird and wacky stuff at the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium in Orlando. My husband & I had been to the one in Atlantic City but my kids have never been there. The building was created to look as if it were slipping into a sink [...]