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Monthly Archives: May 2011
They say it’s your birthday
My Maya is 11. She got 29 Happy Birthday message on Facebook today, got several e-cards, had a party with friends, got many great gifts, went out to dinner…. And tonight was Manhattan-henge! Which means that today only, the sunrise … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Birthday, Capture the Flag, Cupcake Cafe, life learning, Puttanesca, telephone, unschooling
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11 years ago
11 years ago today I was in hour 46 of a 56 hour labor that would culminate in the birth of our first child, who everyone said was a boy. (Not because of the ultrasound, which I didn’t have, but … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Birthday, charity, Ferberizing, labor, life learning, Maya, unschooling
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Stephen King, and Maya’s book list
When I originally subscribed to the magazine “Entertainment Weekly” it was primarily because Stephen King wrote a regular column for them titled “The Pop of King”. (Clever) I’ve never read any of King’s novels all the way through – they … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Avi, books, Eleven, Elsewhere, Hunger Games, learning, life learning, Maze Runner, Mother Daughter Book Club, reading, Rick Riordan, Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, unschooling
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Do we really have to?
The other night Ben came out at around 10:30pm to tell me he was ready to go to sleep, which is part of his usual nightly routine. After he tells me, we go to his room, I situate the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, creative, have to, learning, life learning, unschooling
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Totally and completely off topic!
In case you weren’t around back when I wrote the entry about my favorite films, which started at 10 and then expanded into a whopping 100 (which I didn’t publish in my blog but did send to a friend, complete … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Life Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged interview, James McAvoy, life learning, Rory O'Shea, The Conspirator, TimesTalks
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Thoughts on testing, segregation and..Lady Gaga?
Is there an imminent election that I have somehow failed to be aware of? The flurry of articles in The Times over the last few days about school testing and legislation would suggest as much, but it’s May….? Most people … Continue reading
Lots of ways and places to help
Today was all about giving and being thankful. We had a great comment from Alison at Global Giving (see comments) regarding my post yesterday and The Donators, made even better by the fact that she tweeted about them later in … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning
Tagged Global Giving, Heifer International, Indiana, Joplin, life learning, The Donators, tornadoes, Tuscaloosa, unschooling
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The Donators
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Maya and some friends had started a group called The Donators. Ben is involved as well, and when it started, they decided they would each contribute $5 a month and then after … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged charity, Global Giving, Heifer International, life learning, The Donators, unschooling
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A good day, but not the last
We woke up and the sun was shining today!! After a week of almost constant rain, it was a great relief to see blue sky. (And I know our rain pales in comparison with what much of the Midwest has … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning
Tagged apocalypse, Central Park, end of the world, Heckscherr Playground, Kung Fu Panda 2, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, revelation, unschooling
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