pt. 1. Play -- 1. Keynote : play, the root of learning -- 2. Why children play -- 3. Enhancing early learning -- 4. Enhance learning with games and puzzles -- 5. Modifying classic games -- 6. Game list, the tried and true -- pt. 2. Conversations -- 7. Keynote conversations -- 8. Early reading and writing -- 9. The laptop approach to reading -- 10. Writing toward reading -- 11. Early math conversations -- 12. Math whiz basics -- 13. For the love of learning -- pt. 3. Togetherness -- 14. Keynote homeschool = togetherness -- 15. Social learning -- 16. Exploring homeschooling styles -- 17. Learning activity centers -- 18. A learning calendar -- 19. Against the flow : handling criticism -- 20. Joyful disruption -- 21. A surplus of attention -- 22. Eleven, going on twenty-one -- 23. A toddler in the homeschool -- pt. 4. Growing up -- 24. Keynote growing up -- 25. Rites of passage -- 26. Family friendly evaluation -- 27. Avoiding standarized testing traps -- 28. Ready for college and work -- pt. 5. Explorations 1 : the big picture -- 29. Keynote : creating habits for learning -- 30. Field tripping -- 31. Learning clubs -- 32. Apprenticeships and mentoring -- 33. Teen medley -- pt. 6. Explorations 2 : subjects -- 34. Keynote choosing the right stuff -- 35. Exploring math -- 36. Exploring science -- 37. Exploring social studies -- 38. Exploring vocabulary and spelling -- 39. Exploring literature and books -- 40. Exploring writing -- 41. Exploring music -- 42. Exploring arts and crafts -- 43. Exploring foreign languages -- 44. Learning by computer -- 45. Considering textbooks?