March 30th is the very first International Tabletop Day! No, it’s not celebrating tabletops, it’s a celebration of games – any game you can play at a table – not just board games, but board games are of course included. You can hold your own, special homeschooling Tabletop Day event at home, at your local [...]

If you don’t know what all the fuss is about – give Angry Birds a try now. At first it was only available for devices such as the iPod touch, iPad, smart phones, and Kindle; but now it’s also playable on your Mac or PC, or even Facebook and on the Chrome Browser. Why not [...]

If you’re like me and my GEEK Schooling family, you may just find yourselves reading Science fiction books. While our bookshelves tend to be filled with Fantasy titles, you can also find some Sci-Fi among them. If you’re looking for more Science Fiction to read or want to be reminded of some favourites, here are [...]

Three years ago, Hal-Con began in Halifax, Nova Scotia and we were so excited. As soon as we heard about it, we made plans to go as a family. We had so much fun that first year that we have been attending ever since. What is a CON you might ask? It’s a convention. These [...]

If you’re like me and my GEEK Schooling family, you may just love to read books in the Fantasy genre. We all love to sink our teeth into a good series of books. If you’re looking for more fantasy to read or want to be reminded of some favourites, here are some of ours. (Please [...]

Do you have a Star Wars fan on your hands? We are HUGE Star Wars fans – all four of us in our household. I don’t know how many times we’ve watched the movies (all 6 of them). My husband and I grew up with them on the big screen, bought the VHS tapes, watched [...]

When you think of playing video games and homeschooling, you probably imagine educational video games (i.e. for math).  “Non-educational” video games are fun, but are also surprisingly educational.  My husband and I are both “gamers”, and love playing video games when time permits.  Years ago, my son was motivated to learn to read in large [...]

Comic books in the homeschool?!  “No way,” you say, “that’s not REAL literature!”  I urge you to rethink this knee-jerk reaction many of us have!  Yes, I absolutely LOVE “real”, classical literature, and we DO spend a lot of our time on it in our homeschool.  But…there is room for comic books/graphic novels too! Encourage [...]