DesertThreads

Mr 14: "There's such a thing as a kilt show?"

"Wait-what? Where are the kilts?!"

Mr 14: "I think I said that word wrong. Quilt show?"

"Oh."

Mr 16: "Omg. Mom."

#dayinthelife
#unsocializedhomeschoolers
#nokilts

We wandered around a gorgeous piece of beach this weekend.

That one was definitely shelved wrong.
#secularhomeschool
#familylibrary
#catsofbluesky

This week in #secularhomeschooling

Did Swift really mean eat the Irish children?
What is a fact? How reliable is that fact?
Eighth Amendment
Alleles, punnet squares, etc
Mr 9th grade (who's already read Animal Farm and is reading Fahrenheit 451), asked if he could read 1984 next.

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

The documentary King in the Wilderness is fabulous.

Analyze a speech, especially one besides I Have a Dream.

We found MLK Day/Civil Rights playlists on Spotify that highlighted important music of the time.

Elie Mystal's book, Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution, is bringing much needed balance to our government course. Ch. 10 just knocked teens out of their chair when they realized their parents were kids at the time.
#secularhomeschooling
#allowmetoretort
#homeschoolingteens

Mace is giving Joffrey Lannister, right before his grandpa sent him to his room.

He would like to add Perks of a Wallflower as well. 😅

"A recent top fave is Felix Ever After. Other than just being queer I have no idea why it's there. A second one because ** for making me pick just one is Handmaid's Tale, but I feel like more people have read that one." Flowers for Algernon being there made him literally catch his breath too.

When your teen runs upon a banned book post in their own feed, gets wide-eyed, "Mom-mom-mom! I've read AT LEAST over half of these?? They're amazing stories. Why would these be banned???!"
#iactuallydidsomethingright
#readbannedbooks
#bannedbooks
#justread
#diversifyyourshelves
#secularhomeschool

I just realized there's no edit button. 🤪

#homeschool
#homeschoollife
#teachingpeopletallerthanme
#literature
#amoebasisters
#homeschoollifemag

Home/School/Life Mag is a newer one I think. My teen is loving their Supernatural Japanese literature unit. It's secular, queer friendly, and says the history is decolonized but it's hard to find reviews.

Back to homeschool this week, and listening to the Wicked movie for at least the 73rd time
#homeschoolhighschool
#secularhomeschool
#raisingbibliophiles

This week I'm working on costumes for my ballet boys. They like all the fun details as much as the girls, but the catalogs generally have the same three boring shirts.

Dune Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007 Long-listed, Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007 Audie Award winner, 2008 NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE di...

#currentread I know I've read this one before, but it's been so long it's like the first time all over again.

Listen to Dune by Frank Herbert on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B002V1OF7...

The Empyrean

One of my boys just finished the "Abusing Power" literature unit from Fishtank Learning and gives two hearty thumbs up. He was engaged, we had some fabulous conversations, and he was easily making connections to current politics on his own. 🤘

Next up, the Grinch appointed to head to the Department of Christmas. 🎄

So many great pages I follow were scooching over here... ☕