Curiosity is the first step in learning. To understand a subject well, one must first have an interest in that subject, questions that need answering, and a desire to know more. True learning does not occur when curiosity is absent.

It is my goal here to provide articles and resources that will aid you in your journey of learning, whether you are a home educator, a homeschooler, or simply desirous of furthering your own education in some way.

I hope what you find here will only intensify your curiosity and lead you to learn more!

~ Karen

July Highlights!

• Added two new Alabama Church Schools and updated several other entries to the Alabama Church School pages.


• Several new ant questions have been answered by the Consult-Ant!


• Updated Life in the Galley - Chocolate Cake!. Check out Karen's article and gain a new family favorite recipe!


• In Food Science 101 and Kitchen Science Activities, Roberta explores food and food science. Make butter, watch oxidization at work on fruit and discover how moisture affects popping corn. Bake a cake and along the way learn what each ingredient does.

June Highlights!

• Learning Styles Parts I and II.


• In Gift of Time Karen M. Gibson shares her thoughts on a precious gift that homeschooling gave her family.


• In Do You Need to Teach Kindergarten? Karen offers alternatives to the traditional scope and sequence for kindergarten.


• In Weather: Always a Hot Topic, Roberta explores weather and how it affects our lives in these days of global weather changes.


• Roberta provides summertime activities for scientific exploration of temperature, convection, conduction and insulation in Investigating Thermometers and Temperature.


• Updated content on the Alabama page in the Elist Directory section.

May Highlights!

• Contributing author and science writer Roberta Gibson invites Leaping From The Box readers to visit her new Growing With Science blog. Roberta is putting the fun back into scientific exploration! Subscribe today!


• A new ant question has been answered by the Consult-Ant!


• Updated content on the Japan page in the Elist Directory section.

April Highlights!

• A new ant question has been answered by the Consult-Ant!


• Added a new Alabama Church School and updated other entries to the Alabama Church School pages.


• Updated content on the Washington, New Mexico and Australia pages in the Elist Directory section.


• In Unschooling High School Karen details her family’s unschooled approach to high school, giving a weekly overview of each child's schedule.

March Highlights!

• Ask The Consult-Ant. Have your ant questions answered by the Consult-Ant!


• In Unexpected Opportunties Karen looks to the private sector for homeschooling / unschooling resources and opportunities for her children.


• Added a new Alabama Co-operative, The Canterbury School.


• Updated content on the United Kingdom & Ireland, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Reviews and Resources, Minnesota, Miscellaneous, Youth, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arizona, Louisiana, Methods and Massachusetts pages in the Elist Directory section.