FOR TODAY March 29, 2010 (April is almost here!)… Outside my window… are dreary and rainy skies and dogs wrestling in the mud. I am thinking… about all the work that needs done this week. I am thankful for… Jason having the week off! From the learning rooms… COSI later this week. From the kitchen……
God’s Alphabet for Life by Joel Beeke and Heidi Boorsma is a fantastic family devotional, especially for the low, low price of $6. (Frankly, I’ve been completely pleased by every purchase I’ve made from Reformation Heritage Books and would highly recommend them to anyone interested in Reformed books.) I’ve noticed that many devotional books for…
The Arm of the Starfish is a fantastic read; the wiki provides a fantastic plot summary for those interested. Interesting, dealing with difficult themes, well written, and engaging. It looks as though it is out of print, which is a shame. L’Engle, as always, has some problematic universalism and pairs some theistic evolution into this…
I’ve been reading Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics for several weeks now, and finally finished it. This was a worthwhile read. The book is Liping Ma’s doctoral dissertation. For her research, Liping Ma compared the “Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics” between American elementary teachers and Chinese elementary math teachers. The results are fascinating and disturbing…
FOR TODAY March 22, 2010… Outside my window… rain is raining. I am thinking… at least it isn’t snow flurries like I read Atlanta is getting I am thankful for… a warm, dry house and that Jason could take a sick day today. From the learning rooms… they’re quiet today … it is hard when…
I think Jason’s favorite part of homeschooling is our Saturday recitation session. Let me start with our 30 minute (ha! closer to 45 and we’re going to have to make it an hour soon) daily Circle Time. School starts with Circle Time, we pray sing the Doxology recite (Nicene Creed) sing our hymn for the…
We had a pretty productive week. Daddy was home on Monday and sat in on our Circle Time and helped with some other parts of school, so that was fun. Tuesday we worked hard. Wednesday, we didn’t do much school, but we read some books about St Patrick and played outside, it was absolutely gorgeous…
FOR TODAY the Ides of March … Outside my window… spring is springing, dogs are wrestling, rain is imminent. I am thinking… about school I am thankful … that I was able to go back to sleep after an hour of wakefulness and that the children allowed me to sleep in this morning. From the…
We did approximately one day of school this week. All of us, maybe especially Mommy, had spring fever. We also had two playdates, one on Monday which kind of threw me off. That is something *I* need to work on … going forward even when missing one day. We did have a great time and…