Cursive First and W.I.S.E. Guide
Today we finished part O of the W.I.S.E. Guide! We have found Cursive First to be very, very helpful for both B and M.
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My Lego Guys are on Web Video!
Last winter before the Lego Competition, DH an B were interviewed on local PBS with our friend who introduced us to Lego robotics, and one of B’s team members, N. http://aacs15.com/?q=node/332 Old posts about what they were doing are Continue reading My Lego Guys are on Web Video!
Thanks Officer
On our way home from evening church, my husband pulled over. A police car coming towards us flashed all his lights and stopped. DH said, "I didn’t think I was speeding, oh look!" and he pointed to a fawn Continue reading Thanks Officer
Thoughtful Math Discussion Forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingMathForum I’ve been enjoying this forum quiet a bit. Ever since I tutered math and chemistry at the college of Lake County in Illinois, I’ve been curious about how people learn math. Actually, I’ve been curious about that since I Continue reading Thoughtful Math Discussion Forum
Not Melted Yet- Who Flipped the Switch?
From the coldest May to Hazy Hot and Humid five days in a row. We got the boys’ lessons in before it was hot, they are out playing in the shade now, this afternoon will be full of Continue reading Not Melted Yet- Who Flipped the Switch?
Not the Library!
I should have gotten political sooner; my state has been in the process of passing a budget that will give a lot of grants to special interest groups. I did nothing. Meanwhile, big cuts are coming to the money Continue reading Not the Library!
Lots of Visiting Friends and Family
My house is relatively clean. There are piles of laundry on the floor, there are scattered library books, there are homeschool goody catalogs on the kitchen table, but I wrote clean, not tidy. The floors have been swept, mopped, Continue reading Lots of Visiting Friends and Family
Things I hope I write down this Summer for future reference
We are getting to warm weather. My Mom overheard a farmer say that this has been the coldest May in Southeastern Mass for 100 years. Maybe that’s why we are so far along into June without major "Mom, when Continue reading Things I hope I write down this Summer for future reference
How we used page A1 in the Miquon Orange Book
I started M this morning on the very first page of Miquon, the one I had skipped with B because I didn’t know what to do with it. B counted conventionally and naturally. M thinks differently; he calls one “one”, Continue reading How we used page A1 in the Miquon Orange Book
Quick Catch UP
Last Weekend my In-Laws visited. They actually found us restful, which shows how fast paced they live. Actually, we are pretty restful people, we move at the children’s speed but I’d like to sleep more. In that pursuit, Continue reading Quick Catch UP
Great New Word and a Golden Saturday
I found a wonderful new word today, Anomia, not being able to think of a particular word. That’s the problem I have when I don’t get enough sleep, baby K can’t talk yet, but she’d probably say the same Continue reading Great New Word and a Golden Saturday
Bathtime Algebra
M picked out lots of toys for his bath last night. K was asleep and B was at Grandma’s for Latin night. Two of the "toys" were an old decorative Buzz Lightyear shampoo top, and an empty dish detergent Continue reading Bathtime Algebra