(Mini Water Tower at the history museum)
This week in Education Week, a not-Chicago based publication on education, there is yet another juicy article on unschooling.To read the whole article you have to sign up for the freebie membership, which will probably be worthwhile since you are an educator of sorts. If you can’t be bothered, […]

(Chriskindmart at Daley Plaza)
Not to be outdone by the New York Times article, the Sun Times ran a piece today on unschooling. It is very funny and exciting how any article about homeschooling seems to have at least 10 people I know quoted in it nowadays. This article is very positive, somewhat well-researched […]

(Doll that was rescued from the Great Fire)
It may be a little late, but I’ve been out of town, sort of delaying my holiday preparations and I returned to an email by Deb asking me to check out her stocking stuffer homeschool-themed gifts at Cafe Press, so I did. Visit and you can find some […]

(Sled action shots are tricky)
If you are the sort of person that gets hooked on signing up for too many yahoo groups and trying to wade through them for gems, then you have come to the right spot, because I’ve saved you much of the wading. It is so great to be part of this […]

It feels like we’re on the poles, so why not celebrate?
Polar Adventure Days
It’s winter in Chicago - come out and enjoy it at the second annual Polar Adventure Days series. Enjoy animal ice sculptures, see a real arctic dog sled team, meet other live animals, listen to storytelling or puppeteering, hike the island on snowshoes […]

(Rub Lincoln’s schnozz for good luck)
This week’s Reader has a comprehensive list of area holiday arts and crafts shows which we find to be a fabulous way to support local artists and get unique holiday presents for loved ones. They forgot one all-important art and craft holiday show though. It is the Pleasant Home craft […]

This month there are quite a few wonderful posts to be read over at A Day in Our Lives Unschooling Voices#6 .
If you’d like to see what other unschoolers around the country have done this year this is the place to pop by. Don’t forget to leave those bloggers encouraging comments when you can. Special […]