Monthly Archives: June 2006

Carnival and Template

The Carnival of Kid Comedy is up.
Also, because Kim asked and someone else might be interested, even if you didn’t choose to leave me a comment to let me know what you thought of the other template, here is where I got the three column format from.
And I’m contemplating modifying this picture to go in [...]

How Not to Read a Book

Poor readers have a variety of characteristics in common. Their purposes for reading generally focus on the task at hand: to get done, to pass a test or because they were told to. They read every text in the same way, whether it is poetry, a novel, an article, etc. They [...]

Editing Template, Please Help

I’ve been working on a new template, and for just once, I thought I’d fiddle with it at another location before ending up with a blog with nothing in the sidebar for over a month as is the case with my other blog.
Anyway, here it is. Please take a look and tell me what [...]

My Son’s Prayer

Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.–John 16:23
Some commentators equate in my name with in my character or according to my will. My Baby Bear may only be three, but his recent prayers certainly reflect a a love for God and a concern for His will. [...]

New Reading Study and Parental Involvement

Reading seems to be a popular topic recently as several bloggers are discussing How to Read a Book and Why Homeschool’s not so long ago post on the National Council on Teacher Quality Report on reading instruction. So I thought I’d share an interesting article from Publisher’s Weekly.com, Study Finds Decline in Reading in [...]

9/11 A Call for Bloggers

On September 11, 2001, I was teaching reading to my first graders. The speech instructor dropped off one of my students and asked if I’d heard about the plane flying into the World Trade Center. No, I hadn’t. An accident? Apparently. Thus, I made it until lunch without thinking much [...]

Conservatives Against Intelligent Design

There is an interesting little movement going on in the blogosphere that has spawned some interesting conversation. Indian Cowboy has started a new blog: Conservatives Against Intelligent Design. With 229 signatories since its inception on May 27, it is gaining some attention. His mission statement?
Conservatives Against Intelligent Design (CAID) was founded [...]

Yammaner Worm

The joys of technology. First I find out that IE users cannot view my HSB blog properly because it isn’t wrapping text. And my own blog is blocked from my IE so I cannot view it…pesky filter (I forgot the password and my blog isn’t ranked so ’tis blocked).
Then I get a bunch [...]

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