It's not enrichment, this IS the education
I keep forgetting to take my camera.  We have been doing some really fun things lately and I keep forgetting to take my camera!  It would be so much better to be able to share photos but a simple list will have to suffice for now:We are blessed with two performing arts centers within reasonable driving distance, The Peace Center in Greenville and The Brooks Center at Clemson University.   So far this year we have attended a performance by the Clemson University Orchestra, A Jugglin

Lifelong Learning
I got an ipod for my birthday this year. Though I had scoffed at the idea a bit and had insisted it was just too small and I felt afraid that I would lose it, my ipod has become my constant companion. (Especially since we can't circumvent the anti-theft device on the radio in our van ... that's another story though) I have loved listening to my favorite music as well as discovering new music via my children. Much of my favorite music now was recommended by my children. But the best thing about my ipod is listening to podcasts. I've spent weeks listening to M

It's not about the labels ... it's about loving, living and learning!
Just discovered Eli Gerzon's blog yesterday via his post that begins "Columbus helped inspire me to leave school and start unschooling."  (on that note Milva posted some great resources for learning the whole story of Christopher Columbus.  I read from

If not an unschooler, then what?
Ok, a whole week later, but I am finally back to write more about being an unschooler or not.If you haven't read Tammy's post that I referred to last week, please do so now.  It is a must-read for anyone who is homeschooling, anyone who wants to travel their own unique educational journey.Freedom.  Tammy begins with a cry of FREEDOM.  It's such a startling realization that there are few places that we can truly say who we are or who we are not.  My own life has been marked by time spent in a very structured and legalistic mindset and as i began to

Not a Unschooler
Just a few minutes this morning but I have put off posting far too long. Each night, I go to bed composing the post in my mind and just never sit down here to write it.Last week, I think, I stumbled across this link on several unschooling blogs:50 Eye Opening Unschooling BlogsNumber 43, under the subtitle of untraditional families, is a blog ... Loving, Living, Learning and my first thought was that somewhere else out there had my blog title! Then I clicked on the link and realized that it is my blog!