The three Q’s

17 August 2010

How does one incorporate joy into math practice, other than the obvious baking of cookies every morning? I’m more of an unschooler than not, but I do believe that self-discipline and daily practice are important.

Gearing up for another Homeschool Year

9 August 2010

I’ve been thinking about what it means to do something every single day. Our piano teacher encourages her students to practice every day. She told us how a famous pianist remarked that if he skipped a day, he could tell a difference in his piano playing. If he skipped two days, his family could tell a difference. And if he skipped three days, the whole world could tell.

Pitch for a Shift

2 June 2010

I need some sort of shift, I thought, as Renee screamed at McKinley at the top of her lungs downstairs. There has to be a way for us to move more into the life we desire with less stress and more beauty. There just has to be a way!

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Will Trade Virus for Stress

27 May 2010

The Strange Virus has left. I slept in a little this morning, figuring I deserved it, then shuffled the kids off to piano lessons. There was much moaning about this from McKinley, who is 9 going on 17, thanks to the influence of his older brother Bert. He wants to play guitar, [...]

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a day of advancements

20 January 2010

I’ve been trying to find ways to get my kids to write.
I remember as an elementary-aged girl, I would write and write and write.  In second grade I got to write my first book report, in which I mostly rewrote the whole book.  I remember this clearly.  The book was, “A Pony for the Winter,” [...]

October Sun

13 October 2009

This album contains 2 items.

McKinley, the grumpy imp

and the gleeful imp!
(one day I’ll have to do a special post on this boy’s insanely delcious hair)

a simple sunday

13 September 2009

I woke this morning with the first lines of the song “The Labouring Man’s Daughter” ringing in my thoughts.  I know the song from Karan Casey’s album “Songlines,” but it’s been awhile since I’ve listened to it.  Curiously, I’ve noticed lately that some mornings I wake with a song in my head, even remembering melodies [...]

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