Posted in books, faith, family, homeschool on April 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I place a great deal of stock in precision in language. Words and how they are used, after all, are a direct manifestation of our thoughts. Once upon a time, I’d wanted to teach English, but a quarter in the College of Education cured me of that. I didn’t even finish it out, dropping the [...]
Posted in homeschool on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Details and analysis of the CA homeschooling kerfuffle here. Non-California folks) can also refer to the specific options as listed by the California Homeschooling Network; I assume that California homeschoolers are already acquainted with them.
Meh. We joined HSLDA last night anyway.
Posted in homeschool on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
“Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children,” wrote Justice H. Walter Croskey in a Feb. 28 opinion signed by the two other members of the district court. “Parents who fail to [comply with school enrollment laws] may be subject to a criminal complaint against them, found guilty of an infraction, [...]
Posted in books, homeschool on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
This story was about a little angel who is exactly four years, six months, five days, seven hours, and forty-two minutes. He was always doing something that he wasn’t supposed to do. And all he wanted was one thing, the box under his bed on Earth. One day, there was news that the Savior was [...]
Posted in books, homeschool on December 5, 2007 | No Comments »
This story was about an angel who couldn’t fly, his halo always fell off, and he was sad. He wanted a box he’d left under his bed at home and an angel sent a messenger to get it. When Jesus was going to be born, he gave the box to Jesus as a [...]
Posted in faith, homeschool on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was inspired by my friend Leslie and Elizabeth Foss to drop our everyday “school” and focus on the Advent season for the next 5 weeks. Her unit pulls almost exclusively from Tomie dePaola, who is a favorite of ours, and is chock full of fun stuff to do and great books to read. So, [...]
Posted in books, faith, homeschool on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
I can do no better to inaugurate Advent than to quote Chesterton on the stunning paradox of the Incarnation.
This sketch of the human story began in a cave; the cave which popular science associates with the cave-man and in which practical discovery has really [...]
Posted in books, family, homeschool, nature on September 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Edmund Spenser, month by month.
Spenser’s Two Cantos of Mutabilitie come at the end of The Faerie Queen, and feature a parade of, among others, figures from classical mythology and the personified seasons and months. September makes his appearance, wielding the symbols of harvest and bounty. The scales also serve as an allusion to Libra, September’s [...]
Posted in homeschool, nature, nerd on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve rediscovered a favorite bit of astronomy software: Stellarium. There are quite a few night-sky simulators out there, but this one is by far my favorite. Easy to use and gorgeous to look at. It ought to go without saying, but the price is also right: free. Perfect for the money-conscious homeschooling family. Screenshots!
Posted in food, homeschool, nature on August 13, 2007 | No Comments »
The meteor shower turned out to be sort of a bust for us - we only saw 1 or 2 before calling it a night and hauling the kids (some of them asleep) off the deck and into their beds. The rest of the weekend had us pretty much holed up and avoiding the heat. [...]
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