Tips, Tricks, and Supplies

A Pokemon Education

A Pokemon Education

Hey, how are you?  My name is Egg Zample.  You can just call me Egg.  I know you’ve heard of Pokémon, everyone has.  Do you play? No?  Maybe you underestimate how educational it can be.  Let me fill you in. You see, yesterday I had 82 cards and a mini storage book.  Today I only…

Life of Fred

Life of Fred

Looking for a unique complete math curriculum? Look no further. Life of Fred has it all. Whether your child is 3 years old or in college, Life of Fred has the book for you. There are a couple things I love about this curriculum. The first is that it covers more than just math. The…

Xscapers Bash, family friendly?

Xscapers Bash, family friendly?

We have been on the road since September 2016; attending our first RV Rally in Tallahassee Florida in February 2017 changed our traveling lives.  We were there for the Annual Fulltime Families Family Reunion.  That event hosted close to 90 RVs, all of which were home to families with kids.  We had a great time,…

Getting Started

Getting Started

I have been homeschooling for so long and roadschooling has been a regular part of my family, so sometimes I forget what it was like in the beginning. Many people already homeschool and are ready to make the leap into roadschooling. Other have babies, not yet ready for school. And many more have kids in…

Unschooling

Unschooling

What is unschooling? That’s probably what you want to know and that’s why you’re here. We’ll I’m not going to tell you. It is a highly debated topic and I’m not up for the debate. We’ll borrow Wikipedia’s definition: It’s an educational method and philosophy that advocates learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning.…

Picnic Blanket

Picnic Blanket

We packed a lunch and got into the van, not sure what to expect. We had been to many national parks before but this one was different. We were ready for a day of hiking, a picnic and Jr. Ranger badges. That is not what we got. Most people speak highly of Yellowstone National Park,…

New Food Friday

New Food Friday

Years ago with our older kids and the kids at Harmony’s old childcare, Kids by Nature, we had weird food Wednesday. Each Wednesday when the afterschool kids would show up, we’d try something new. None of our younger kids were around for that so we decided to recreate it with New Food Friday. Our boys…

Chickpea flour

Chickpea and flour are not two words I ever thought would go together.  We first tried it just as an experiment, to see how it tastes.  Now it is common in our home to make everything with chickpea flour.  We eat chickpea flour waffles, pancakes, yeast bread, muffins, cookies, birthday cake, pizza crust, pie crust. …