Home School In Florida

Having your own official homeschool ID card can save you money on homeschool supplies, admission to parks and hotels and more. Teachers can get discounts at places like Office Depot and Barnes & Noble, so why not homeschool teachers?
Well, now you can too!
I scoured the Internet looking for a decent, professional-looking and FREE homeschool [...]

FPEA’s homeschool convention is fast approaching. This is your opportunity to browse hundreds of curriculum packages, meet and greet other homeschoolers, attend workshops by seasoned veterans, and have some fun. Bring your kids – there are children and teen programs as well.
You can find the registration form and more information at the FPEA [...]

Race to Nowhere is a close up look at the current state of education and childhood in America.
I am very interested in watching this film once it’s released. I am not buying into the idea that in order to raise (and educate) “successful” kids that they have to be SuperKids and overstressed kids. [...]

Almost every time I evaluate a 5, 6, 7, even 8 year old’s work, the parent asks me about letter and number reversals.
And almost every time I tell them that it is perfectly normal for a child of that developmental stage to be reversing some letters and numbers. The most common are [...]

I am REALLY looking forward to Wednesday when I get the email that I’ve won one of these!
Imagine riding around town in one of these? I love the term “precious cargo bikes!”

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when you live a fun and magical life!

Do you think these tests are an accurate picture? Do you believe that they are statistically valid?
We public school educators have long known that how a kid performs on a standardized test is not an accurate measure of their intelligence, potential, prior learning, or future learning ability. Neither is it a reliable [...]

You may remember that I posted about the folk festival happening at the Barberville Settlement a few weeks ago. It was a blast!
If you have not been to Barberville, your whole family will love it. There are chickens, cows, donkeys, peacocks, and much more to see. Kids can go into a musical [...]

A couple of weeks ago our five Painted Ladies emerged from their chrysalides.

My daughters got to hold them before they flew off – which was a huge highlight!

We have seen them fluttering here and there in our backyard several times already.

If you are studying anything related to history, customs, ancestors, heritage, machines, music, etc… then you might want to take a trip to Barberville this weekend for their annual Spring Frolic.
The activities they have going on include:
* hands-on demonstrations on how to make all kinds of “old time” things * musical workshops and [...]