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What We’re Reading
Me:
Preface to Bonhoeffer: The Man and Two of His Shorter Writings by John Godsey
- includes two short essays by BonhoefferF:
Eddie's Green Thumb by Carolyn Haywood
- the story of a boy's first garden and F's first independently read 'chapter book'Annie Pat and Eddie by Carolyn Haywood
- Eddie's adventures continue on vacation at the seashore.Button
Tag Archives: conversations with Su
Unit Study: Exploration of the New World- Log Books
Over the holidays we finished up our study of the 50 states and their capitals. The children seem to have enjoyed it although we lost momentum several times and weren’t able to be as in depth as I would have … Continue reading
Explanation of Tragedy
Very brief, but I thought this might be helpful…. Yesterday I saw the news about Sandy Hook while the children were having room-time. I went to each of the big children and discussed it with them separately. I also asked … Continue reading
Heard Around Here 2
Su and F discussing breakfast foods: Su: When I’m big I’m going to have three eggs and one piece of toast for breakfast every day. (Note: I eat two soft boiled eggs every morning during tea time) F (incredulously): No … Continue reading
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A Day Of Blessings?
Some days don’t begin so well…. Yesterday actually started going badly about 10:30 on Wednesday night when Su came and climbed into bed with us. Usually this means she’s had a bad dream. She comes in, snuggles for a few … Continue reading
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Overheard
Yesterday we had this conversation at the dinner table, while eating the leftover meat from a turkey stew S was making. Each child had a turkey drumstick and was picking the meat off and eating it. W: (upon seeing the … Continue reading
Fabric Shopping With Su
Last week we made a decision to move Su into our bedroom and us into the office. As part of this project I decided to take Su shopping for curtain fabric. The little room used to be a sun-porch so … Continue reading
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Teaching Children Through Goal Setting
As parents we have a responsibility to teach our children how to be fully functioning adults. We not only need to teach them how to dress and feed themselves we also need to teach them both directly and by example … Continue reading
Su’s Skeleton
About two months ago Su came downstairs before bed with a burning question. “Mom,” she wanted to know, “how many bones do I have?” I had no idea so we grabbed the medical dictionary from the shelf and looked up … Continue reading
Otters
The other day I made the mistake of saying something about how W goes down the stairs like an otter going down a mud-slide. This of course triggered a round of questions from F and Su and F remembered that … Continue reading
Walking Practice (Free Download)
One of the things that we all know from watching our children is that walking takes a lot of practice. Toddlers get up, take a step, and fall down over and over, and preschoolers also take their share of tumbles … Continue reading
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