Greetings,

I have started a new group titled "Our Children's Natural Crowns". It it strictly dedicated to the maintenance and care our children natural hair using natural products. My hope is to link individuals together to support and encoruage one another. I would love to hear you children's hair stories, cheers, tears and everthing in between. I also encourage anyone who makes natural hair products or accessories for children to please join. We must encourage our children to love every inch… Continue

Don't care where you come from
As long as you're a black man (or woman)
You're an African
(CHORUS)
No mind your nationality
You have got the identity of an African

'Cause if you come from Clarendon
And if you come from Portland
And if you come from Westmoreland
You're an African

CHORUS
No mind your nationality
You've got the identity of an African

'Cause if you come Trinidad
And if you come from Nassau
And if you come from Cuba
You're an African

CHORUS
No mind your compl… Continue

Natural geodes are hollow rock formations that contain deposits of crystals. Natural Geodes take years to form but I found this great project online that the children can try out to have an idea of how they look. You can also purchase Geide kits in the stores but this project can be done with all the children. You will need:

alum (found with spices in the grocery store)
hot water
food coloring (optional)
plaster of paris (found in hobby shops) or an eggshell -we used egg shells

You can crack o… Continue

In this western society we are influenced every single day to divide and seperate from our roots.
I'm sure as a homeschooler you have many individuals concerned about whether your homeschool teaches sufficient academic for your chil/children. However, if they are black individuals, they should also have concern as to whether you are thriving as a black family. It is harder to manitain black culture then academics in this society!
As you know, school systems do not support black culture, they pro… Continue

Peace Family
Recently a few of my neighbors have been discussing the pros and cons of enrolling their children into virtual academies and I wanted to get the opinion of my homeschooling family about this topic. Below you will find an article that I copied and pasted from the net as a reference for memebers that are not familiar with state virtual academies. Please feel free to share your pro, con or other opinion about this topic.




By Lynn Stuter

August 3, 2003


Following the publishing of… Continue