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ShareHad you caught me earlier this week you would have found me in a fury over things that get me a stirring. Sunday was Easter. We don’t really ‘do’ Easter, but we had an amazing spring day as it was about 70 out and SUNNY! We did our usual morning at EHS and it is …

ShareToday marks the first-ever HYSL soccer tournament of the Spring season 2012. It was quite a remarkable day all around. The temps were about 10 degrees colder than anticipated, however the ground was decent (not terribly wet from yesterday’s rain) and LOTS came out for a wonderful day! Field set up took a bit of …

ShareMy precious D had one of those days where there were just so many milestones in a given 24 hour span that you wonder how the slight meltdown before bed was all that incurred and just how she made it through this amazing and stimulating day all in one piece?! ; ) We woke nice …

ShareSome months of build up and today was our season opener! Way back in October or November I had approached the entire homeschooling community (in all of Chicago and surrounding suburbs) about starting a region-wide homeschooling youth soccer league (HYSL it has come to be known). From my original email I had over 60 responses! …

ShareAJCW is THRILLED about the first session’s success! We have had such a great time, we have plotted a F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S. 6 week spring session. If you have not heard about just how great things have been going, check it out HERE. Our new session is due to start April 12th and run through May 17th. We …

ShareMy very awesome friend and co-organizer/leader of AJCW experienced something wonderful recently and I pleaded that she share it with you. This was, after all, one of the main reasons we instigated AJCW and it was so pleasing to hear it coming fruition. She writes: The coolest thing happened the other day in Little’s Art …

Share I am so pleased and excited to announce the HYSL opening season! This spring will kick off our first all-region soccer league for kids ages 3 years through teens! To register and play, you *must* be on the yahoo group for HYSL as I will not be able to organize any other way. First …

ShareAJ Collective Workshops (AJCW) AJCW offers activities, classes, and social opportunities for our children, tweens and teens. We are relaxed homeschoolers and unschoolers who believe in the power of interest-based learning.  We believe in learning through living.  Children, youth and adults are naturally curious and highly motivated to learn about things that interest them, that …

ShareThe Homeschool Youth Soccer League that I have been attempting to get off the ground had a parents meeting this evening. I really wanted to get all parents who could volunteer their time to help get this league going to meet face-to-face to really hash out the details and get people in on my vision …

ShareAJCW had an amazing first day of Art, Science, Sign Language, Ancient World History, French and Tween Club. It was wonderful to see these families drive out as far south as Berwyn and as far north as Gurnee to participate in our collective. To see this idea launch and such amazing, warm and diverse homeschooling …