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Here’s how it was advertised: It’s a City for Kids, Run by Kids! Kidtropolis, USA marks a brand new spot on the map as a real-life kid metropolis complete with a skyline, city government, occupations...
View ArticleThat’s just how nature is.
I never know where the next blog theme will come from. I wake up, have a cup of coffee, really wake up, and start the day. I certainly don’t plan my day around a theme, but before I know it I hear...
View ArticleLetterboxing
The boys went letterboxing today. Never heard of it? Neither had I until last fall. Like all great sub-cultures, this one has strange etiquette, conflicting information on the internet, ways to...
View ArticleWhen I Grow Up
“Nafisa, do you like history?” Zach asked a fourteen year old friend who was here tonight. “I do like history.” “Then you are going to LOVE the volcano video.” “Zach, honey,” I jump in, “that video...
View ArticleBreakfast for Dinner
When I came home tonight, Ezra was crying. “We missed breakfast for dinner two weeks in a row!” “Yeah, Mom,” Zach jumped in to side with Ezra. ”We need to have breakfast for dinner tomorrow, tacos on...
View ArticleFried
I just read an article in the NY Times about decision fatigue. It turns out that we make worse decisions as the day goes on because our brains tire of making so many decisions. The more decisions you...
View ArticleThe Desires Of Children
I stood in the park last week consoling a weepy mother. Her homeschooled daughter was asking to go to school and the mother was overcome with guilt. ”Am I being selfish keeping her at home?” she...
View ArticleNinety Percent Nicer: Homeschooling Children With Disabilities
When Tara went to a dyslexia conference, Ezra cheered, claiming that she was always "90% nicer" after attending one of "those meetings." Was he right? Did his mother need a reminder about how severely...
View ArticleThe Night Before Homeschooling…
I love homeschooling in ways I couldn't have imagined three years ago. But it's never been easy, and many days I worry that we are not preparing any of our children well enough for what lies ahead,...
View ArticleDay 14: Just Do SOMETHING
After waiting several seconds for the kids to guess how he had done the card trick, Professor Francis Su, a friend of ours and the President of the Mathematical Association of American, said, “When you...
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