Posted in Links on Sep 30th, 2006 No Comments »
I like this post by Faith on the Liturgical Year — and also a bit about blending Waldorf and Catholicism. Now I understand better why the Baldwin Project has so many books about saints.
Here is a good site about the Archangels. They are particularly important to us this time of year.
Posted in Big Picture, Plans and Ideas on Sep 29th, 2006 No Comments »
I’m going to try to use Fridays to sum up what’s gone on during the week and reflect on where to go from there. Obviously, it won’t be complete; just what comes to mind and what I actually see them do.
Aidan(7 years old)
I found this Learn to Read site at Starfall. […]
Posted in strategies, Living and learning on Sep 28th, 2006 No Comments »
I always feel a twinge of unease when I think about games for learning. Part of it is my Puritan streak — anything that is fun is a bit suspicious, and vice versa — anything that is valuable will be a bit difficult and painful. I know this is off-base, but it […]
Posted in special needs, Journal on Sep 27th, 2006 1 Comment »
Someone recommended BBC’s Jeeves and Wooster to me; unfortunately our library only had the fourth season, but we had fun watching it yesterday. It really was pretty hilarious in parts and I think the actors and directors did a good job making the humor of the books show in their visuals. […]
Posted in Journal on Sep 21st, 2006 2 Comments »
I’ve started Kieron on Saxon 65. Almost every kid in this family has gone through at least part of Saxon 65, and that’s usually about all we can manage of Saxon. Before the age of 10, Saxon seems too much and too scattered for them, and after the age of 10, […]
Posted in Books on Sep 16th, 2006 1 Comment »
Clare just read The Importance of Being Earnest. She and some friends are planning to stage it. She wants me to read it, too. Update: DONE!
My reading:
John Paul the Great by Peggy Noonan. Just finished while on vacation. Very good book.
Montessori Today
continuing Idea of a University by John […]
Posted in Journal on Sep 15th, 2006 2 Comments »
The day after returning from seeing oldest ds at his college, we went to visit my mother in law at her mountain cabin by the lake. We just got back yesterday. The kids had a fun time and we managed to keep going with math. Sean finished book 4 of Key […]
Posted in Journal on Sep 11th, 2006 No Comments »
We got up early yesterday and drove south to see Liam at his campus. Kevin needed to talk about work stuff with him (Liam is computer programming for him this year) and we wanted to see him. We had a good day. Left at 6 am and didn’t get […]
Posted in Links, Math and Logic on Sep 9th, 2006 2 Comments »
JoVE at Tricotomania writes about Math
“Basically, there is a firm belief in the school system that you can’t move on until you have mastered everything in the current curriculum because it builds. Mighton started a charity called JUMP which provides tutorial support for remedial students. He has had remarkable success and has learned some very […]
Posted in Health and Family Systems on Sep 8th, 2006 1 Comment »
I have lost 7 pounds! I was getting pretty discouraged during the summer because I had gained about 25 pounds since last year. Which meant that I weighed just as much as I did when I was at full term pregnancy with my firstborn. So now I weigh about what I did one day […]
