Caity McCardell

If you’re wondering how Gianna and Colin are going to get into college, this interview on Yarns of the Heart might help make sense of it all. I find interviews with young people who are homeschooled to be fascinating, since most of the time I’m talking about small people – it’s nice to hear about [...]

We’ve been debating the video game issue lately at home and in the development of our Sage Creek Sudbury school. I’ve been thinking that it’s important for me to provide the kids with alternatives to videos and video games, but that participating in them is part of modern child development. I’m not going to prohibit [...]

Nana gave us a birthday flower thingee that “sang” happy birthday for G’s birthday last year, but it really came out as a squeaky little noise because they lit it on fire without reading the instructions. It sounds more like someone calling out for help. Stefan started singing this crazy song to the tune of [...]

I’ll give an example of how brilliantly unschooling works – a model of education that allows children to follow their bliss rather than following the person in front of them when the bell rings.

Gianna is introduced to Harry Potter books. Reads the first one, the second, the third. Before we know it, she’s read [...]

Gianna has two roles in the April performance of Cappellia in San Luis Obispo. She is loving ballet – gets very excited when it’s time to go to class – and she’s improving quickly just from the classes. (I’d love to give her and her friend, Mac, supplemental classes in our yoga studio, but we [...]

Gianna and I attended a class to learn about making candles. It was absolutely lovely – a very relaxed environment at the home of a homeschool family. They had goats and chickens and a beautiful piece of land. The class itself was so low-key, and Gianna and I enjoyed creating beautiful candles. The kids would [...]

Colin went to his first day of preschool today! I stayed around for 2 hours waiting for him to be ready for me to leave. He eventually said he was OK being there by himself and Gianna and I went to the library. It was so cool! He loved it. It’s a Montessori emphasis, but [...]