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Category: Creative Learning Flair

Making an apple pie - or spending ANYtime in the kitchen - can be a sweet way to spend time with your kiddos!

Apple Pie: A sweet recipe for homeschool Fun

September 2, 2016 Pat Fenner Leave a comment

Note: This post initially appeared over 2 years ago as a simple recipe. While the concept remains sweet and simple,…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Home and School Filed under: apple pie, back to school
Co-ops, in their many shapes and sizes, are a great tool to consider to enhance the quality of your homeschool efforts.

Enhance the Quality of Your Homeschool This Year

August 19, 2016 Pat Fenner Leave a comment

It was “just another” graduation, and once again, I found myself in tears. Happy tears, of course, but tears nonetheless.…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Homeschooling highschool Filed under: homeschool co-ops

3D Pens Make For a Fun Summer STEM Craft

July 18, 2016 Pat Fenner 2d Comments

A while back I wrote about my 12-year-old daughter’s discovery of her love for STEM activities. What began with the…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair Filed under: 3d pen, IDO3D, product review, STEM activities
If you're looking into American Heritage Girls for your own daughter, or if you're already involved, why not consider incorporating the practical skills being taught through this program into her middle school or high school studies?

Why and How to Use American Heritage Girls Badges With Your Homeschool

June 17, 2016 Pat Fenner 12d Comments

Many years ago 2 of our boys were active Cub Scouts. It was so very cute…but that’s not what I’m…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Homeschooling Filed under: American Heritage Girls, Cub Scouts, homeschool legacy, homeschooling daughters, STEM activities, unschooling
Although my kids are all avid readers, there's something about the hands-on and multi-sensory approaches and applications to "real life" of this subject that goes beyond books. There is a myriad of ways to teach geography, and an equal amount of fun, interesting and practical ways to apply it.

10+ “Real life” approaches to Exploring Geography

April 18, 2016 Pat Fenner 11d Comments

One of my kids’ favorite subjects over the years has been – hands down – geography. Although my kids are…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair Filed under: Bright Ideas Press products, middle school geography, teaching geography
If you were "in a stew about STEM", like I was...these STEM resources are sure to help your middle schooler or older rock their STEM studies!

Resources to Help Your Middle Schooler "Rock" STEM!

April 8, 2016 Pat Fenner 4d Comments

So…you may have read recently that my 12-year-old daughter dropped a bomb on my and informed me that she loves…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Homeschooling Filed under: iHomeschool Network, products, STEM activities

Crafts with Maps Can Strengthen Geography Skills

March 18, 2016 Pat Fenner 5d Comments

One of the things that I love most about homeschooling is how you can use things that most people would…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair Filed under: Bright Ideas Press, Bright Ideas Press products, crafts with kids, crafts with maps, doing crafts, maps
When you raise a child open to the world around them, you can't help but squash that tendency we all have toward being ethnocentric!

How to Avoid Raising an Ethnocentric Citizen

February 29, 2016 Pat Fenner 6d Comments

Despite how the growth of the Internet has allowed us to communicate with people all around the globe…it’s STILL a…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Parenting teens Filed under: avoid raising an ethnocentrist

On the AtmosFlare 3D pen, STEM, and Being Thrown for a Loop

February 23, 2016 Pat Fenner 8d Comments

My little caboose threw me for a loop a while back, no I mean she REALLY threw me for a loop:…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair, Homeschooling Filed under: AtmosFlare 3D pen, product review, products, sponsored post

What Does a Christmas Unit Study Look Like?

October 8, 2015 Pat Fenner 4d Comments

Many years ago I decided that for a few reasons, school had to “look different” around the holidays. For one,…

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Posted in: Creative Learning Flair Filed under: Christmas, Christmas studies, holidays, unit study

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