Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings by Christine Fonseca My rating: 2 of 5 stars Library. There were a couple of sections of this book that I found interesting and/or useful. The conversational tone annoyed me, a more professional or informational tone would have been better. The redundancy got a…
FOR TODAY Outside my window… it is grey and rainy, but warm! My daffodils are most of the way up and have buds! I am thinking… the groundhog was wrong this year. I am thankful… that my brother and sister-in-law invited N-boy to go with them to the Air Force Museum for their son’s birthday….
We had our issues at the beginning of the week. Things were not going well. By the end of the week, the rough edges were smoothed out and our days went much easier. Perfect, no? Better, yes. Phonics: R-girl: read three lessons in phonics working on long /o/. Assigned Reading: M-girl: finished Sarah, Plain and…
I’ve been reading The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk along with Cindy’s book club. I had not realized when we began that it was going to be a sweep through Western Civilization. What a happy surprise! One of the nice things about reading on the Kindle is that it highlights all my underlining…
FOR TODAY March 5, 2012 Outside my window… it is dark and cold.I am thinking… Mondays are hard.I am thankful… for free audio downloads from the Society for Classical Learning. Some really really great talks there … and I’ve only started on the 2011 talks. In the kitchen… not much today, but Ina Garten’s Lemon…
We had an unusual week. Jason had Monday off and took the children geocaching and to lunch for several hours. It was quiet here at home and I listened to some talks. Tuesday, we had a “regular” day of lessons, but that was the only one! M-girl was sick on Wednesday, so I did a…
FOR TODAY Monday February 27, 2012 … Outside my window… it is sunny and “warm” (supposed to be in the 50s today!)I am thinking… how wonderful it is to have a husband who wants to take the children geocaching and is willing to let me stay home to get some things done in peace and…
We had a busy week! Something every day, which for us is unusual. On Monday, we enjoyed seeing Arrietty. While it wasn’t exactly the same as The Borrowers, I think it stayed quite true to the story and was lush and beautifully animated. Tuesday, we had our friends from Mahers Hill Academy over to play…