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Joseph Chilton Pearce once said, “To live a creative life, we must first lose our fear of being wrong.” Art has a way of making us think differently, see different perspectives, break through mental blocks, lessen our perfectionistic tendencies, and simply add color...

Designed to introduce more wonder and joy into the lives of your children, setting the stage for you to make genuine connections with them, and opportunities for you to create lasting memories together- is our wonder inspiring family strategy. With each of our 7...

“Live your life, relish ideas, wrestle. Remember, think, and converse. This is a curriculum you cannot buy, but your child’s heart and mind will feast on it for years to come.” - Sarah Mackenzie When beginning to develop this section, I am reminded of the words and...

After years of teaching in the public-school system, we've encountered many different parents each asking themselves the same questions you are probably asking today. “Do we spend enough time together as a family?” “Are my kids learning EVERYthing they need to?” “Are...

Happy Mother’s Day! Growing up, I always loved Mother’s Day. I loved the example that my Dad set for us in showing us how to celebrate my mom. It truly was a day filled with celebration. Being a mom means you wear many hats, and this is a day for you to be...

"Play is not an incentive to be rewarded or taken from a child in response to behavior or some other regulated thing. Play is the child’s language of the age, their field for exploration… play is the tool they wield in their quest for knowledge and development of...

I never imagined that one day I would be a homeschooling mom of three boys. However, after having children, and as the topic of school started coming up, I started to realize that I wanted something different for my kids’ education. I did not want the forced learning,...

Many times a week, actually lets be honest, (sometimes many times a day) my inner thoughts try to tell me that I’m not doing a good enough job. Am I doing enough? Am I playing with my child enough? Am I doing enough activities with my child? Does he know the things...

rooted (verb) - established deeply and firmly. So what do you think about when you hear the words “rooted”? Trees? Plants? Gardening? Yikes! Take that beautiful, nature-ish word and now turn it inward. There are so many things we can be - hasty, busy, tired,...