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Today we spent the better part of the morning at Pilcher Park in Joliet, IL learning about how maple syrup is made. This is a popular seasonal program at the park where they actually tap their sugar maples and produce the syrup on site. It was good fun. As I understand it, the whole process [...]

In the homeschooling group we belong to, each child/family has been taking turns every other week to lead the group in learning about another country–geography, culture–a general introduction. Aidan chose Japan for us, so we’ve been busy immersing ourselves in all things Japan in preparation for the day, which is this coming Monday. Here’s our [...]

I’ve told them time and time again, “Don’t play with your food!” But no one listens to me. Aidan and Chris took some time the other day after art class to teach one another the finer points of lunching in style. They are two of a kind, and I love them. Now pass me the [...]