I think the year you study geology and environmental science, you should spend time outside looking at the subject of your studies, so we did. I did not keep a daily journal, because I had […]

I think the year you study geology and environmental science, you should spend time outside looking at the subject of your studies, so we did. I did not keep a daily journal, because I had […]
I’m going to depart a bit and tell you about what we learned. I think it is the best way for you to get a feel for the profound benefits of exposing young people to this […]
The first month of tenth grade might have been the best month we ever spent homeschooling. You might be thinking, “Well, Yeah! You were traveling and hanging out. How could that not be great?” 🙂 […]
I live in Southern California. I taught science at community college, and now I write about it. Those two sentences convey a lot of information about how easy it is for me to negotiate my […]
We school year round with lots of breaks. That doesn’t matter to a planner like me though. Every year I have a start date and an end date. The year-end date for this year was […]
The present castle in Peniscola was built by the Knights Templar from 1294 to 1307. It looks like a prime piece of real estate that would be easy to defend. From 1415 to 1423 it […]
Sean woke me up early. “Mom, I have broken out in a bad rash, or bites, or something all over!” Well, that will get a mother up and going! We could not figure it out. […]
When you buy tickets for the Alhambra you have to choose between the morning or afternoon. We chose afternoon because the morning session started at 8 a.m. We had yet to even be awake once […]
The kids were ready to get to Granada. The house we were staying at there had a pool, and they wanted to swim in it. It had been warm and sunny for the past three […]
The Flying Dutchmen told us what a blast they had riding around Seville on a Segway. We called every Segway rental company we could find on the Internet and they were all booked. I looked […]
We woke up in the hostel after a very good night’s sleep. The woman we met last night was at the front desk. She was wonderfully friendly. She did not speak English, so it was […]
With 10 days left in Spain, the vagabonds hit the road again. We decided to head south to see Seville and Granada for 4 days total with one day on the road to Seville. The […]
We want to go white water kayaking in hard kayaks! At least that is what 2 of us said. The other two did not. That was okay, clothes must be washed when you are on […]
Before we left Girona we had to take one more walk on the wall. Again there was no one on it. I am sitting on an old fashioned […]
The town of Figueres, Spain is about a 35 minute drive from Girona. There is a lot of history there, but we only went for the Dali Museum. We did not want to spend the […]
I will not actually bore you with a written answer to that. The photos speak for themselves. Girona is magical. It is now one of my favorite towns I have visited of all time. […]
What a crazy month April was. We moved for the third time since the summer of 2012, and we aren’t in the military. First we moved from the mountains to San Diego where there is […]
When my husband Jim told me he had booked a trip for us where we would hike into Machu Picchu over several days, I was not pleased. In fact, I was irritated about it. It […]
Some months a handcrafted education looks like a carefully detailed pattern has been followed as if I bought something from Butterwick, cut it out carefully, pinned everything meticulously, and sewed all the pieces exactly to […]
This is another previously unpublished lab. I thought of this lab too late for it to go into RSO Biology 2. The content reviewer for Biology 2 is a high school biology teacher who also helps […]
Oh my goodness! What a busy month February was for both Sean and me. There were times this month when I felt like I barely had time to breathe. I actually realized TWICE! that I […]
I was so busy moderating the session, I did not really listen to it until just now. What a great talk! What an amazing group of homeschooling parents! WOW! You can click on this link […]
P.E.: Once There Were Vikings, and that Is the Last Time Any of Sean’s Relatives Rowed! Rowing, or crew as I am just beginning to call it, has been the surprise favorite this year. My […]
Language Arts: How We Came to Be Homeschoolers My son Sean was an early reader; I was an early reader; my father was an early reader; my paternal grandfather was an early reader. We all […]
History: A Repeat of a Favorite Class and Volunteering The Course: A Brief History of Humankind: This is a Coursera course, https://class.coursera.org/humankind-002, that repeats regularly. It is the best history course I have ever taken. The instructor, […]
Science: A Parent’s Passion I LOVE science‼ My son likes science. This is the main area of handcrafting Sean’s education that has focused on the passions of someone in his family besides him. (My […]
Computer Science: A Student’s Passion I have been very thoughtful handcrafting this academic area. I will go through the process of how I did it, so you can see what I mean when I […]
Oh No! The dreaded “H” word (and I don’t mean handcrafted)! If there is one thing that causes homeschooling parents to panic it is the thought of homeschooling through high school. What if we get […]
Homeschooling and Science A Winning Combination I am reposting this article in response to an article in the New York Times. There is a link to that article at the bottom of this post. The […]
I love this exchange, and I thought many of you would too. There has been quite a bit of interest about homeschooling science co-ops based on the number of hits the co-op blog posts on this […]
What a weekend! It is difficult to capture in words the energy, passion, and level of commitment to secular academic homeschooling I found at the National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers (NASH) Conference. This is the fourth […]
Of course I was early to my talk at HSC. I am always early for those sorts of things. I was curious about what was going on in other rooms around me. I began talking […]
This is a talk I gave on August 7, 2014 for the Homeschool+ Conference. In this talk I discuss the best and most effective way of learning science. I also discuss the reasons for getting a […]
An Introduction from Blair: One day while figuring out what it meant when someone Pinged a blog post I had written, I came across a discussion about R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Biology 2. One of the […]
My goal with this series of posts is to make it easier for anyone who wants to teach a science co-op. Teaching is a LOT of work. I respect the time and energy you as […]
REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 was designed to be done 2 days a week. It presents some scheduling challenges when conducting the labs in 1 day. You might want to teach this class 2 days […]
In September, 2013 my family moved from the Mammoth Lakes area in California to the San Diego area. One of the reasons for moving was that my then 13-year-old homeschooled son wanted a community of […]
You can check out the review here: http://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/real-science-odyssey-biology-2-review/ I have been working hard on REAL Science Odyssey Earth and Space 2, this makes it all feel worth it!
Classical Unschooler, there is an accommodationist phrase for you! If you are wondering what it means to be a classical unschooler in terms of teaching methodology, it means the method I use to homeschool my […]
http://savvyhomeschoolmoms.com/interview-blair-lee-part-2-ep-42/ They used a photo of me at the Taj Mahal, but I am using a monkey photo. I am wearing the same skirt in both photos though 🙂 I really loved India. I miss […]
If you are surprised to learn I am a feminist, LOL, it means you have never met me. Let’s just say I can be kind of intense and have a strong personality. My 14-year-old son […]
This is part 1 of 2 of an interview I did for the Savvy Homeschool Mom’s podcast. Interview with Blair Lee, Part 1 (Ep 41, 3/29/14).
Here we are dressed and ready for our placements. Delhi is a place full of color similar to our outfits. Now, Sean was not feeling well, but decided to go and sit with the kids. He […]
I love coffee. My favorite coffee drink right now is a salted caramel soy white chocolate latte extra salt with just a little whipped cream to hold the salt. My favorite coffee drink has changed […]