Cultivated Lives

With the arrival of the Olympics, my boys are in an especially competitive mood, eagerly desiring to showcase their athletic prowess!  Bu...

My last post really got me pondering again the benefits of experiential hands-on learning.  When this happens, I sort of 'geek-out' ...

We've been quite busy over here working on 'becoming butterflies'.  As we learn about patience, our explorations have led us to...

I couldn't help but think about the question, "What comes first, the chicken or the egg?" when thinking about our educational ...

Learning enriches our lives. By that I mean that it makes everyday interactions more enjoyable!   I experienced that this last fall when m...

As we explored the wonderful and wacky world of Australian animals, I had to wonder if my husband would be ok, with the pictures I'm abo...

This last week, my family escaped up north and spent lovely relaxing week away from our cell phones and computers. I don't watch TV (exc...

Lover of Learning As I look over all three goals for my family (1-being lovers of God, 2-lovers of others and 3-lovers of learning) it is...

An interesting article came out last week in Newsweek magazine titled,  The Creativity Crisis .  It talks about how research is showing a ve...

(my niece, busy at 'work' on a puzzle) If I had a dollar for every time I heard a parent say that their baby/toddler/preschooler wa...

For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay After a friend had mentioned reading this book, I scanned my mom's bookshelf ...

Speaking of homeschool conventions , not only will I be there, but my mom and I will be giving a workshop titled, Cultivating Curiosity: G...

The developmental psychology/neurology junkie in me LOVED this movie. It is a French movie (oh the joys of subtitles) that was made in 1970...