Our Mela-nation

Now is a great time to register 😀

SEW WHAT? A beginner sewing class where children learn basic stitching and fabric skills through fun projects, using both needlework and hands-on no-needle techniques. Children ages 5-14 can join, register today.

My Sounds of Music is a beginner music class where children explore rhythm, sound, and creativity by making music using instruments, everyday objects, and their own voices. Register today for our July 11th class.

Amazing information. This makes a very good discussion for Science and Health classes.

The little pink-and-yellow moth stuck to your porch screen has never taken a single bite of food. It never will. It can't.

It's a rosy maple moth — the smallest of North America's great silk moths, colored like cotton candy for a reason worth knowing.

As an adult, it has no working mouth. No tongue to uncoil, nothing to drink with. The equipment simply isn't there.

Everything it will ever do — fly, find a mate, lay the next generation — runs entirely on fuel it banked months ago, as a fat green caterpillar chewing the leaves of your maple.

It can't hear you, either. No ears at all. It reads the whole world through feathered antennae and its feet, chasing one signal on the night air: a mate's scent.

And the pink and yellow aren't decoration. Against spring's flowering branches, that pastel is camouflage.

So it has a few short days — no hunger, no sound — just the single errand it spent an entire caterpillarhood saving up for.

It isn't starving. It was never built to eat. The meal was the childhood, taken on your maple tree.

As an approved vendor and experienced educator, I look forward to this.😎

Coming soon: our Summer Session Series!

We will be publishing live interviews with education leaders, advocates, and experts who support Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs)—because at Palmetto NavigatEd, we are committed to helping South Carolina families navigate their education options and make the most of available ESTF resources.

During these conversations, guests will discuss their roles, how you as the parent’s benefit from the work they do, and how their efforts impact the daily lives of South Carolina families by expanding access to educational opportunities and empowering parents with information and choice.

Knowledge is power, so stay tuned for these helpful resources!

Small and mighty. SC Homeschool Option 3 is for me.

Parents and guardians, you have the power!

👀 field trip anyone? So much to see in outer space. 🔭⭐️

🌟TELESCOPE NIGHT🌙
📍Lake Greenwood State Park📅FRIDAY, JUNE 12
⌚9:00 PM
FREE with park admission
Spend a night looking at the stars! Bring your flashlight and your phone! Everything else will be provided! More details at link in comments.