Ideas & Resources – Ever Learning

Family Pastimes Co-operative Games: Playing Together … Not Against Each Other:)

To me, Family Pastimes Co-operative Games are the Great Canadian Board Games! That isn’t the company slogan but they are such creatively, thoughtfully developed games that it’s what comes to mind. I admire the fact that they were inspired by a real life parenting moment. Their production began in a family living room and garage […]

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Usborne Books – Broad and Deep Learning

Erin

I think I first was really drawn to Usborne Books about 15 years ago when M was 3. He and I were perusing the children’s area of the library and came upon, The Big Bug Search and we just kind of sat there, hooked for a long time. We went through each double page, eagerly

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Building A Great Home Reference Library With Usborne Books: Supporting a Lifestyle of Learning

Erin

From the early years through the teens and into the adult years, Usborne offers top-notch reference books that support and deepen learning. For almost fifteen years, Usborne Books have been a mainstay in our house. We have read poems, fairytales, myths, legends, retold classics, more recently, graphic novels and, last but not least, our beloved

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Homeschool High School Ideas – The Beauty of Mentorships For Teens

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Mentorships can be seriously rich for life- learning or homeschooling teens. They provide an opportunity for developing a skill or knowledge base from someone else with that specialized interest and the fun of spending time with someone who “gets” the passion or interest. Add to that the chance to learn really individually, specifically and deeply

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Photography and Teens – Using Photos as a Way to Express and Explore

Erin

When kids are young, everything is fresh and exciting for them! Going to the grocery store is an event, watching the clouds and imagining what they look like is a blast and well, who hasn’t had the experience of a young child sitting on one of those mall rides, unaware that that it moves if

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Introducing Twin Things!

Erin

Introducing David’s new game, Twin Things … a new and wonderfully straightforward app for Apple devices! It’s an electronic, timed, single- player matching card game (think electronic “Memory” game) and is great for everyone! Kids of all ages can play and it’s wonderful for keeping brains and reaction times sharp as we age:). Somebody at our

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Canadian Picture Books

Erin

I love picture books. I love the covers, the art, the words, the ideas, the characters and I always check out where the author and illustrator are from and when the book was published. Even though my kids are technically significantly past “picture book age,” I almost always go through the children’s library on my

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