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We're not doing this at home! Posts about homeschooling our kids on the road.
Our Homeschooling plan had to account for: a 6th grader 2nd graders Our philosophy was to emphasize reading, writing and math for all our kids .. and to turn an informed-travel experience into education around history and culture. We didn’t try to duplicate a “typical year of school” by covering all the school subjects. Instead,… Read more Homeschooling … plan and approach
It may be summer in the US, with all your “lucky” kids finished with school and enjoying their camps, playdates and lazy-mornings sleeping in… but out here on the road we’re still cracking the whip on the Belfiore kids! Our travel adventure is NOT all-about-the-fun, so homeschooling ain’t over yet. Besides reading lists, Khan-academy math, journaling, blogging,… Read more “Preports” – Your family should do this too
At one point on our trip a fellow parent teased me and Kristina by saying something along the lines of “the Belfiore kids aren’t allowed to use iPads, are they. :)” I should have said “sure– but since we’re homeschooling, we want them to be doing creative work … writing, presenting, etc. … and there’s… Read more Homeschooling Belfiores .. one says-it-all photo
By Joe. “World-schooling” is about our kids not only learning history and culture.. but also recognizing that Bellevue, WA– as lovely as it is– really doesn’t represent what the rest of the world has to offer. And that means everything from the socio-economics to the climate … to the foods our kids eat. We love… Read more So… this happened in Cape Town.
I’m keeping a journal for our big trip… and instead of writing a separate blog post on the ship, I’m just going to post a few days from my journal! Lucky you…
by Alexander, Piper & Sydney Dad here. During our trip, we visited some of the most important sites in US History, and as we went, we talked a lot about what happened at each and when. It became a “homeschooling habit” for us to sit at dinner and go around-the-table with each kid describing one… Read more Homeschooling American History