Posted in In the Files, Links on Oct 5th, 2008 Comments Off
“Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?”—- Luciano Pavarotti
Another article from my printed-out files can be found at the North Carolina Unschoolers site. It is called Confronting Fear (pdf). I don’t remember exactly why I printed it out originally, but it was probably during the time […]
Posted in In the Files, Links on Sep 24th, 2008 7 Comments »
A few years ago I got quite interested in the way boys are floundering in school compared to girls. Here’s a short article at PBS — Boys in School which summarizes some of the recent findings. Another recent article The Trouble with Boys says
In elementary-school classrooms—where teachers increasingly put an emphasis on language and a […]
Posted in Links on Sep 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
I loved this An Unauthorised Guide for Unschooling Mums dealing with (still developing) Unschooling Dads
So funny and seems quite perceptive!
My own husband has always been pretty fine about alternative methods — in fact, in this house I’m more the “inside the box” type than he is, and when I’m the divergent one he’s usually OK […]
Posted in Links on Sep 17th, 2008 Comments Off
Kevin saw this on my blog so he did one too. This is his.
Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test…
The Lord
You scored 24% Cardinal, 54% Monk, 35% Lady, and 65% Knight!
Posted in Links on Sep 16th, 2008 Comments Off
Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test…
The Monk
You scored 5% Cardinal, 79% Monk, 50% Lady, and 35% Knight!
HT: Drew at Running River Latin School.
Posted in Links on Aug 18th, 2008 4 Comments »
My favorite elusive blogger and thinker Steph nominated me for a Brillante award. (I loved Rosie’s “hide and seek” description : ). Steph is one of the most thoughtful writers and faithful commenters that I know. I am so surprised and honored that she likes my writing […]
Posted in Links on May 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
Posted in Links, Thinking about Learning on Apr 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
I liked this gestalt homeschooling post that Patience at Knitting the Wind shared from her old blog. Especially this part:
Rose has in her mind all the bits of information, but in a way that makes one great story. She is also being trained at a very gentle, almost unconscious, level to see […]
Posted in Early Childhood, Links, Plans and Ideas on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
Planning for next year — looking up file folder games mostly for the little ones, but I think Kieron might like helping me with some of these too.
File Folder Games – collection of links.
Some more from Enchanted Learning.
A weather theme.
A book: Instant File Folder Games for Reading.
And for Math Grades 1-3
Oh, remember this “secret squares” […]
Posted in Links, Living and learning on May 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Faith is writing about her past year on her blog. She writes:
In fact the very style of homeschooling which has lasted the longest with us is classical. I think it really suits us best. However to make it work, it needs to be tempered with 1)fun 2)a […]
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