This month, as part of the regular +iHomeschool Network "birthday celebrations" feature, I'm sharing some info about William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan - the actors who played Kirk, Spock and Scotty on Star Trek: The Original Series!

It's amazing... we've moved so far beyond the meltdowns phase since beginning our homeschooling journey, but so many of these tips work even for teenage mood swings and generally defusing rough family situations in our house!

Day trip to Geppi's Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, home of lots of great comics and pop-culture stuff!

In case you missed it, here's a look back at last week's +iHomeschool Network series on how we learn, subject by subject!

I'm definitely in favor of these nutrition-label changes. What I'd really like to see are larger ingredient lists, too - wonder if that could happen!

So one of the #Olympic athletes in Sochi is from a town about 15 minutes south of me in York County. Here, in a sweet video compiled by my friend +Dan Herman, you can take a look at the luge, in which she competes, from HER point of view. (Almost makes me motion-sick, but super-cool!) If your kids are enjoying the winter games, this is a must-watch.

As part of a regular +iHomeschool Network celebration of famous people who'd be celebrating their birthdays this month, I'm sharing a bunch of cool stuff about Abraham Lincoln - including ways you can turn his story into great discussion in your #homeschool !

Some of my fellow +iHomeschool Network bloggers teamed up with members of the +Bright Ideas Press team to talk about using history timelines in your homeschool... excellent ideas here. (We love our giant timeline for #unschooling  #history! http://unschoolrules.com/2014/01/unschooling-history)

So... Siri as spiritual adviser? Probably not, but +Chris Otto does a good job rounding up some ways in which people are trying to get at the artificial intelligence views on God!