Anyone who has ever visited the blog Sweet Sweet Life knows that its author, Amy, loves posting home tours of bright, colorful spaces across the globe. Now it’s time to turn the tables on Amy and her family as we take a look into her supurb craft slash homeschooling room. Although the family is new to homeschooling (they were only four weeks into homeschooling their oldest daughter during this interview), they already had a space they felt would be perfect for learning at home. Come inside and take a peek at the beautiful crafty/homeschooly room of Sweet Sweet Life!

Once Spring starts to make its appearance, generally through days of sunshine followed quickly with dark clouds and cold weather, the thought of Summer comes to mind. For some children, Summer means camp– typically considered a necessary rite of childhood for many. Once a child becomes a certain age, there’s a chance he probably doesn’t want to go canoeing with his bunkmates anymore. If that’s the situation in your family, there’s a different type of summer experience that can be both fun and educational (not to mention, it looks great on a college application).

Have you ever considered having your child study at a university for the summer?

Deciding on a method of education for a child can sometimes feel as frustrating as blindly throwing darts at a wall. While the decision of how to educate your child is one that should be pondered, discussed and researched, it can quickly become overwhelming.There’s so much you want to know–need to know– yet you’re unsure of where to get this information. Do you trust the meddling family member who swears your homeschooled child will be ruined for life? How about the neighbors down the street who homeschool? Should you believe that everything is always peaches and cream?

Summer is gone and Fall is finally in full swing. There’s nothing like curling up under the covers with a good book when the air is growing crisp and the days are growing short.

Now isn’t the time to pull out Summer paperbacks of beach escapades and vacations; you need meaty books that make you want to read by flashlight all night.

Autumn’s books are sure to not disappoint; now all you have to do is figure out which one you’ll read first.

If Wendy Hawksley needs to teach a world geography lesson, she doesn’t have to find a map. The family recently moved from Delaware to South Korea, thanks to her husband’s career in the Air Force. While they’ve managed to find a homeschool group in their current location, they haven’t forgotten their future. In fact, they’re hoping to be relocated to Europe next year, where they’ll continue to homeschool their 7-year-old son, Gavin.

Raise your hand if you remember, as a child, sitting through a science lesson while staring blankly into a textbook. The best pages were always the ones with pictures on them; they just made the subject come alive more than any words could ever do.

Part of Everyday Learning’s objective is to make learning FUN! The world is an exciting place and there’s so much we can see, do and learn about during our time here. While it is always fun to go out and see things for yourself, sometimes the closest we can get is through a book.

konsavage familyOne of the reasons many parents enjoy homeschooling is having the ability to find the curriculum that works best for each of their children. Now…imagine finding a curriculum for seven kids. That’s just what Misti Konsavage of Kentucky does each day with her children, ranging in age from infant to 13. Misti and her husband, a doctor, are members of a Christian family that lives on a farm in Kentucky. She found time in between lessons and caring for the family’s large assortment of animals to answer a few questions on how her homeschool days look.

playdoughThere are certain smells that will always be associated with childhood. Freshly cut grass. Glue. Crayons. Playdough. Just cracking open a fresh jar can send you back twenty years to a time where your biggest worries were what kind of ice cream you might get at the store.

While there’s nothing like the smell of fresh playdough, sometimes it is fun to make a fresh batch yourself. But…where to start? Cooked? Uncooked? There’s a variety of ways to make playdough and they go far beyond the traditional salt and flour methods of your past.

So pull out the mixing bowl, roll up your sleeves and get ready for a day of doughy fun.

When the writing experts said to write what you know, Sara Lewis Holmes must have taken notes. Holmes, whose debut novel “Letters From Rapunzel” put her on the kidlit map in 2007, is back and is drawing on her own experience as an Air Force wife and mother of two in her new book “Operation Yes.”

Each time you hit the store or farmer’s market, there’s a chance you’re walking through a variety of science experiments without even realizing it. How many times have you bought vegetables, only to bring them home and forget about them? Ever open that bag of potatoes well after purchasing to find roots? How about finding a little green root sprouting from your garlic?
Instead of tossing those veggies, you can easily create an experiment that shows children how roots and stems grow. All you need is those vegetables you never ate!
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