OK, her latest fascination is with sticks and seed pods.
Kate carefully selects out the twigs that she wants to add to her collection.
A Three-Year-Old’s Treasures!
I feel so Charlotte Mason!
Archive for May, 2009
Nature Study
Posted in Children, Educating the Whippersnappers on May 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kate’s Sense of Fashion
Posted in Children on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a fun and zany kid.
She has her own style.
It’s just part of the wonder of my DD.
The Sad State of American Textbook Publishing
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I found this article on Susan Wise Baur’s (of The Well Trained Mind) Blog. You can find the complete article at edutopia.org .
A Textbook Example of What’s Wrong with Education
A former schoolbook editor parses the politics of educational publishing.
by Tamim Ansary
Some years ago, I signed on as an editor at a major publisher of elementary school and [...]
Why Are We Teaching Kids About Romantic Love?
Posted in Parenting on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Why do we let our kids watch princess movies? They’re essentially all love stories, and not the kind of love that any three year old has any business thinking about anyhow. So why do we do it? Is it just because they are classics? Is it because it’s easy?
Disney essentially espouses the Greco-Roman understanding of [...]
