The Carnival of Family Life is up over at the Pink Diary.
Also, perhaps this could be a carnival of one.
Niesward claims that on this day “Earth occupies one of the most fragile positions in its orbits for the last 100 years.” According to the site, the shift in orbit will “stop global warming, extend [...]
Just a curious news story, but if it is such an exciting thing to find Meerkats “homeschooling” why can’t we be left in peace to do it as well? The article points out the difference between an animal learning by observation which is rather passive on the part of the adult, and learning by [...]
While I’m on the subject of literacy, Spunky posed an interesting question about the difference between boys and girl in reading. I have indeed noticed a difference…a true qualitative difference in how my girls and my boy approach a book, not just interest in subject matter.
Little Mouse (my oldest daughter, now 7) approached books [...]
Reading, as defined by Noah Webster, includes both the process of decoding and understanding. Many programs stop once the child can decode fluently. While this is an important step, a child is not truly reading unless he also understands what he has read. I try to model my teaching in such a [...]
The Carnival Of Homeschooling is up. A bit late due to illness, but enjoy!
The following is excerpted from The Descent Into Unbelief: When Christendom Produces Cultists, Mockers and Atheists, by Jonathan Rice which originally appeared in the SCP Journal (29:2-29:3) . (Reprinted with permission). (Also check out Part I, Part II and Part III). Last week, we saw some of George [...]
First off, thank you rightwingprof. Thanks to you, I discovered a neat little tool, coComment. For everyone else, go check it out. It tracks the comments you leave on blogs so you know when people have responded. Neat way to keep track of multiple conversations without wasting any time!
By the way, [...]
Some things aren’t really very funny when you are dealing with them. A lot of things are a lot funnier when your children are grown and you no longer are worried that you have messed them up. The damage, by then, is already done and you can finally sit back and laugh about [...]
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