Traveling with intense kids is no small feat. One must tackle the planning, and the packing, and the travel itself. Then, there is the question of how to keep those intense children occupied and engaged while on your trip. Of course, you’d also like for those children to sleep. And then there is the aftermath. All…
How to Homeschool on Your Vacation
It’s Labor Day weekend, summer’s last hurrah. Have you ever wondered how to homeschool on your vacation? I consider our family to be year round homeschoolers. My children thrive when we have a routine in place and I’ve learned that it’s much easier to get back into the swing of things when we’ve been doing…
Simple Vacation Learning: Journals
I have always loved journals. There is something special about being able to look back and see your memories documented, and to see your personal growth over time. I kept journals until graduate school, at which point I could barely keep up with all the things. I returned to journaling after I graduated… until I had…
Simple Vacation Learning: Vicarious Vacation
We have the best homeschoolin’ neighbors. I’ve gushed about my homeschooling mentor before. My homeschooling mentor lives down the street from us. She is homeschooling her high schooler. He is an amazingly kind, intelligent, and polite young man and my children look up to him. He even made up a secret homeschool handshake with my…
