Prime Day for Secular Homeschoolers
Alright, let’s talk about this Amazon Prime Day thing that people keep yapping about. We’re coming into the season where everyone wants us to buy everything. It’s emotionally and financially exhausting. But if we play our cards right, it can also be really helpful for our household and our homeschool because companies know that ’tis […]
Social Activism & Unschooling
I was asked to write about how we as an unschooling family work social activism into our unschooling for the first issue of Secular Homeschooler, and how is it that we work on raising our children to be the next generation of activists. I had no earthly idea of how to answer right away because… […]
Pandemic Unit Study for Homeschoolers (FREE)
Pandemic: Causes, Cures, and Responses is a 94-page unit study that explores the history and science of worldwide disease. It’s offered by Pandia Press with contributions by Lindsey Sodano, Samantha Matalone Cook, Amy Sharony, and Blair Lee. It includes lessons and activities for ages five to adult! Best of all? It’s totally FREE! Let’s […]
Celebrating Science and Inquiry on Darwin Day
“I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.” ― Charles Darwin, The Life And Letter of Charles Darwin, 1887 In discussing the theme of this issue with my fifteen-year-old, he accused me of treating secularism as a type of religion itself. “Why do you even need secular celebrations? Isn’t […]
Our Climate Our Future by Alliance for Climate Education (FREE)
Between the dramatic wildfires in Australia and the methane gas released from permafrost in the Arctic, climate change has been on everyone’s mind. Most secular homeschooling families would like to teach their kids about climate change and help them understand how to be part of the solution. If this describes you, it’s time to check […]
Presidential Election 2020: A FREE Guide for Young People
Engaging in the U.S. Presidential Election A lot of home educators want to engage their students in learning about contemporary U.S. politics, especially the upcoming presidential election. It can be hard to know where to start. There’s so much political noise to parse that many adults don’t understand what the key issues are. Presidential Election […]