FOR TODAY Outside my [*OPEN*] window… is a stunningly beautiful day. Crystal clear blue skies. 80 degrees. Birds tweeting. It is March, isn’t it?I am thinking… about the wonderful visit we had with Jason’s parents yesterday. Thanks for driving up again!I am thankful… for our church intern’s new licensed status and excellent preaching. In the…
We had a light week this week. It helped a lot that it was glorious weather here from Tuesday on. We’ve had the windows open. The children have gotten super muddy during hours of outside play. We haven’t done “normal” lessons this week; no Circle Time all week! No grammar, no MEP, no spelling, no…
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…