Posted in homeschool questions, Transition Years on Sep 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
Laura asked about my last school post:
Not that you have to be an expert or anything, but you do have at least one child in college, so perhaps you could answer something for me: How much has what Cohen said about not having to take the typical high school survey courses been superseded by […]
Posted in Living and learning on Sep 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Do you care about grass stains? I do, right now; I never particularly did before. But if you do, this site has lots of tips for getting them out.
The reason that I care is that Sean’s “away” jersey is mostly white, and he sure can pick up a grass stain. Since the jersey belongs […]
Posted in Living and learning on Sep 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
Whenever Aidan’s really into something, he brings his Pikachu pillow over to share the experience:
And then there’s Aidan and Daddy — another beautiful friendship:
This one amused me — that the 15 year old, the 5 year old and the 12 year old all seem to have the same reaction to whatever game Sean was playing:
Posted in Transition Years, Books on Aug 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
You know, I said I had requested Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior from the library. But I was mistaken. It was Kevin who requested it from my card. I couldn’t remember where I had heard the book mentioned, so I knew I recognized the title but was puzzled […]
Posted in Transition Years, Journal on Aug 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Last night, it seemed like no one was ever going to go to sleep. Some of them were watching the Olympics; Clare and Liam were looking through a Sister Wendy art book; Sean was talking to a friend on the phone, and then even though he went to bed, he couldn’t sleep. […]
Posted in Thinking about Learning, Living and learning on Jul 19th, 2008 Comments Off
Someone on a list that I am on linked to Alfie Kohn’s “Five Reasons to Stop Saying, “Good Job.“
It is an interesting read. There is a book I read called “When Slow is Fast Enough” that describes very convincingly the way that praise and positive talk is used to manipulate and control small […]
Posted in Early Childhood, Milestones on Jun 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
I brought out our beginning phonics books yesterday in order to plan a bit for next year — 100 Easy Lessons and some sheets I made last year.
Paddy and Aidan both picked them up and started working on them and to my surprise, they had both gained ground since we “stopped” sometime […]
Posted in Living and learning on Apr 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” Albert Einstein
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson
I noticed yesterday while I was digging under the bed for lost dusty items, vacuum hose conveniently at hand, the difference between my […]
Posted in Living and learning on Dec 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Faith at Dumb Ox Academy told a story about how her reading glasses interfered with her motor function, to disastrous effect. It made me laugh and wince at the same time, because of course I’ve had those moments too. At least she didn’t drop her baby into the […]
Posted in Living and learning on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I like these Weekly Reports that many bloggers are doing, so I decided to try to do one for this blog. I haven’t been writing much on here but I miss the community when I’m away. So here goes — this is Week 14 in our homeschool but only my first […]
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