Science is VERY cool — as long as there’s something a little disgusting involved. All this stuff is from Pellets, Inc.
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Do you want to hear something ironic? Friday afternoon, Missy and I rushed out of a playdate with our friends to pick up Marie from school. She was waiting for me in the parking lot. I found out this morning that at that very moment, the school was initiating a lockdown. Police had [...]
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When I first pulled Marie and Martin out of school, in 2003 and 2004, respectively, homeschooling seemed like a wild experiment. I was in the midst of grieving for my mom, having a new baby, and running a day care business to keep our heads just a millimeter above water, financially speaking. How was I [...]
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One day last week, Marie and I watched a bit of the inauguration and read part of To Kill a Mockingbird, which she finished the next day. I thought it was incredibly powerful, setting aside a portrayal of racism in Depression-era Alabama — a world that existed around the time my father was born–to watch [...]
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Marie and I are reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I am loving it even more the second time around. (Literature, History) She is still spending time on her movie reviews. (Writing, Film Studies) The other day, I suddenly became aware that this avocation is not just about writing and film studies. It is actually a [...]
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Holy. Crap. It’s 3 degrees here right now. THREE! I realize it’s about 40 below zero in Colorado and Alaska, and some folks can throw a pan of boiling water out and see it immediately vaporize. So I shouldn’t kvetch about it. But HOLY CRAP!
The pipes in the kitchen froze yesterday, and my intrepid hubby, [...]
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Missy (Kindie Stuff):
P.E. –
Missy and Martin played outside with their dad. They played freeze tag and practiced soccer.
Language Arts –
We had another treasure hunt — reviewing lower case letters. She has the hang of most of them expect for the developmentally tricky ones: b, d, p, & q.
We read The Mitten again.
The same rhymes and [...]
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Her ruling passion continues to be MOVIES! She has been watching movies like mad and writing reviews on her blog. I don’t link to her blog here, because she uses her real name. But if anyone wants me to e-mail you the link, she’d LOVE for you to stop by and comment. I am biting [...]
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