The Homeschool Alternative When we decided to live and travel in South America Homeschooling was a natural alternative for us, we obviously did not have the “luxury” of public school and since we were not planning on being in one place for more than a couple of months enrolling the kids in a local school...
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Pop quiz time….what do Balloons and Toilet Paper have in common? Ok, that was a toughy…lets try this – What can Balloons and Toilet Paper teach us about sustainable living? It started a few weeks back when we needed 2 balloons for a science experiment Grant was conducting for his homeschooing. We set out one...
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We are often asked what we do with ourselves all day while we are living in Cotacachi. Both Gina and I feel a little guilty when we reply…oh, not much. Just spend time with the kids, homeschool in the morning and Spanish and Music lessons in the afternoons. We visit with friends, either stopping on...
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It has already been an interesting school year for our family, and as we approach the traditional holiday break in the U.S. I thought I would reflect on how the first half of our year has gone. As I have written about previously one of my goals for this trip, and in a broader sense...
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Culebra Island is one of 4 islands at the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal. At one time these islands were a very strategic military base, the U.S. established them as Fort Grant to guard the southern entrance to the canal. Between 1913 and WWII the U.S. made Fort Grant into the most powerful defense...
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We started our “modified” home school curriculum last week, modified because our lack of internet access prevents us from using some online materials we planned on including in our curriculum. Both kids spend about 4 hours a day studying math, history, geography, literature, and writing composition. Mom and Dad get to re-learn many interesting areas...
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We asked our 12 year old son to complete a writing assignment last week as part of his studies. It was a simple assignment; essentially complete a poem about himself. After he completed the poem he shared it with us, it made all of us laugh and we asked him if we could post it...
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Trying to pack your families life into 4 suitcases is no easy task. I was talking to a good friend last week about road trips he takes on his motorcycle. We were discussing the nuances of packing light, and determining what is needed for a trip and what isn’t. Packing for an extended motorcycle trip...
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It began innocently enough, a phone call from Grant’s Kindergarten teacher asking if we could come to the school to talk about how he was doing in class. We found out later that several parents received the same phone call, each of us the proud parents of rather rambunctious 5-year-old boys. Six years later...
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