Welcome to the third installment of Tidal Learning Tuesday. The most wonderful Melissa Wiley originally posted this article in January 2005 and she has so graciously allowed me to republish.

I consider my primary function as a homeschooling mom to be Strategic Strewing of the Path. Coined by Sandra Dodd, "strewing" is a favorite term of homeschoolers, especially unschoolers, which describes the habit of oh-so-subtlely leaving books lying on tables and counters and in the car where unsuspecting children will find them. (Check out Sandra