Posted in math, Middle school, Teens and high school on Dec 11th, 2012 3 Comments »
Kinda cool…. (original source unknown) Now I’m thinking of showing this to the kids and challenging them to find similar ratios and geometry in other icons and ads, kind of the way they look for the Fibonacci Sequence in nature and art and the golden proportion (PHI) and golden ratio in art. Let me know [...]
Posted in Middle school, Quotes, reading, Teens and high school on Oct 21st, 2012 No Comments »
“Writing notes in the margins of books is fine if it’s done neatly and beautifully–books should be handled with respect. Numbers, letters and underlining can be used to help spot points and to save the needless work of writing out notes. Let the student write out a half dozen questions about the passage studied. He [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, Goals, Middle school, reading on Jul 30th, 2012 2 Comments »
I’ve just started on a suggested reading list for Anna’s 7th grade year. Here’s what we have on it so far. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgenson Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain Adam of the Road, By Elizabeth Janet Gray Across [...]
Posted in Middle school, plans for the day, science, Teens and high school, writing on Apr 11th, 2012 2 Comments »
I emailed this to Victoria and Anna this morning… Today’s assignment (due by Thursday midnight): Go to this web site on genetics. Look around and learn a lot. Play games and interact with it. Write me a paper about genetics with a minimum of 500 words (you can cut and paste it here to get [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, deep thoughts, Middle school, Teens and high school, video on Dec 5th, 2011 8 Comments »
Someone commented on this video that she just wanted to share the gospel with this kid. I know a lot of people have posted the whole “it gets better” thing for all the kids getting bullied. But you know what? Kids shouldn’t have to get enough religion that they can bear to stand their lives [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, Middle school, reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Aug 18th, 2011 6 Comments »
I’m not doing much homeschool planning right now because the baby will be coming in early October (October 10th is the official date!) and I’m not naive enough to think I’m going to stick to a rigorous homeschool schedule with an impending birth or new baby. That said, I’m doing up some general goals for [...]
