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…
The next in the Austin Family Series by Madeleine L’Engle is The Young Unicorns. The wiki has a pretty good plot summary. Themes such as individuality, individuality within community, trust, love, the nature of redemption are explored in this book. It was a slow start, but once I got to page 100, I finished the…
FOR TODAY March 8, 2010… Outside my window… the sun is shining! And it is going to be “warm” today and tomorrow. The neighbors have men working on their roof, and the children (and the dogs) have been watching that. I am thinking… about 2011’s curriculum. Trying to plan before the conference. I am thankful…