Throwback Summer: Toys and Games
{image credit: Erin Kohlenberg / CC BY 2.0} NOTE: Don't forget about our Sherlock Book Club Tonight! The Hound of the Baskervilles: Mr. Peter Perneel will be leading us in a
Category: Home Life
Free Friday and A Smart Way to Play
{image credit: Peter Miller / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0} Quick note on a fantastic opportunity coming up for kids ages 7-12: there's a FREE Electricity and Robotics workshop at the SLO County
Throwback Summer: Conquer the Clutter
{image credit: Confessions of a Homeschooler} Now that we’ve all had a few weeks to rest and get into the summer groove, who’s ready to tackle some serious organizing? Here’s
Throwback Summer: Butcher Paper
{image credit: “Rolled Up” by Cameron / CC BY-NC 2.0} Today’s Throwback post is not only a fabulous idea to tuck away for use on future homeschool days, but could
Throwback Summer: ABCs
{image credit: Shardayyy / CC BY 2.0} We're getting back to our Throwback Summer series today with fun family activity ideas from a few years ago. In 2012 Down Home ran a
Summer is Here!
{image credit: Peter and Ute Grahlmann / CC BY-NC 2.0} And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in
Tips for Enjoying a Relaxed Summer
{image credit: Ano Lobb / CC BY 2.0} Are you looking forward to a slower pace, extra freedom, and more relaxation with your kids this summer? Do you ever start
Free Friday: May 29, 2015
{image credit: Neil Howard / CC BY-NC 2.0} Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid. ~ Eloisa James Take a break from your phone for Free by Five
For Kids Who Like to Tinker
{image credit: Tinkerlab} It’s an E&E (Education and Enrichment) day, which means no classes on campus, which means we just might hear the words “What can I do?” from little
Free Friday: May 22, 2015
{image credit: Marina del Castell /CC BY 2.0} I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ~ C.S. Lewis What a thoughtful quote to chew on for
