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FAQs on How We Use Five in a Row

September 15, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

I frequently receive emails and messages asking about how we use “Five in a Row” (FIAR). Though I stray from it from time to time to follow my children’s interests, I still come back to it and do my best to find a book that I can connect to our lives. That is actually the beauty of FIAR – it really encourages families to explore and experience learning in their own … [Read more...]

An Interview with Steve Lambert of “Five in a Row”

September 3, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

We started using Before Five in a Row four years ago, and Five in a Row two years ago. We love our experience so far and can’t recommend it enough to those who want a relaxed approach to learning. I previously got to talk online to Steve Lambert, the publisher of the Five in a Row books and husband of BFIAR and FIAR author Jane Lambert. Since the homeschool conference that … [Read more...]

5 Super Fun Ways to Learn about Magellan and Lapu-Lapu

August 23, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

You can say that Magellan and Lapu-Lapu called out to us and begged for us to learn about them. Though we were learning about explorers and explorations then, I didn’t realize that I could relate Philippine history to it until we came across Magellan and his death in our book called “Explorers News: Columbus in Japan!" I was still mulling about what our next topic would be … [Read more...]