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Fred Takes Flight

September 5, 2018 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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Fly little bird, fly! Fred is officially off to college. My little fledgling has spread his wings in spectacular fashion. He's excited for his independence and diving in to college life as a … [Read more...] about Fred Takes Flight

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: children, education, homeschooling, parenting

A Beginner’s Guide to Death Valley

December 19, 2017 By Val Weston 2 Comments

In recent years, I’ve had the good fortune to explore Death Valley National Park in a variety of ways: by camping and hiking, motorcycle travel, family travel, a photography workshop, and 4x4 … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to Death Valley

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: badwater basin, california, camping, dante's view, death valley, death valley national park, dogs, furnace creek, homeschooling, junior ranger, mosaic canyon, nevada, stovepipe wells, zabriskie point

On the Road: Our Favorite Audio Edutainment

August 28, 2012 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

Last week I highlighted my thoughts on experiential education in a broad sense. I also mentioned that we do have materials we use that are the platform for where we start exploring the world around … [Read more...] about On the Road: Our Favorite Audio Edutainment

Filed Under: Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: car talk, experiential education, Guides, homeschooling, roadschooling, unschooling

On Experiential Education

August 21, 2012 By Val Weston 7 Comments

Since school is back in full swing at Val in Real Life HQ, I'm diving into experiential education today. Although, I use the terms "school" and "full swing" loosely because when your approach to … [Read more...] about On Experiential Education

Filed Under: Life, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: experiential education, family on bikes, granola talk, homeschooling, roadschooling, unschooling

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