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Lunchtime Trivia

Use bagged lunches to introduce a morsel of history.  In addition to sandwiches, fruit, and chips, include a note in each lunch bag that tells about some historical event that occurred on that day or the name of an important person in history that was born that day.  Have your carschoolers read their note out [...]

Another Year

If you travel the same route over a period of a year, encourage your carschoolers to keep a record of seasonal changes.  Look for a natural setting along the way (a park, a community garden, a grove of trees, a field, a bay or lake or river), and at the change of seasons stop at [...]

Spelling--Carschooling Style!

One carschooling mom said that her children were more receptive to learning spelling words when the words on their spelling list had a single theme.  For example, here is a list of words that describe parts of cars and things used in cars.  Use them for spelling words or try to make a complete sentence [...]