We visited Malibu Creek State Park on Saturday. I’m getting smarter about bringing both balls and shovels & pails where-ever we go, and so the kids had plenty to occupy themselves. Actually, with her pail and shovel, DD is more of a menace to all walking. And with two pails, she had twice the amount of rocks and pebbles [...]
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Malibu Creek SP
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers, For Jen, On-Line Scrapbook, Photos for Grandparents, Travel on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Geography
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Map-reading is pretty stinkin’ important in our family. We take it seriously.
For one thing, Gram’s a professor of Geography and Anthropology. This is Gram. (Sir Poopsalot was grumpy that day.)
Isn’t she cool? We can’t disgrace her, can we?
So, for two months before we drove to Florida, we showed Little Boo on the globe where we were and where [...]
Gator Photos for Grandma
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers, For Jen, Photos for Grandparents on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Alligator’s name is Hollywood. He’s three years old. (And yes, I should have used a flash. I’m hoping that if I find my other camera there will be some flash photos in there. Maybe it’s hiding with my deodorant. )
I’m Such a Dork
Posted in Children, Educating the Whippersnappers, Parenting on August 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When DD was two, we bought her her first 24-piece puzzle. But that wasn’t until I’d gone to multiple stores to find the most suitable puzzles (fruitlessly, as I was being a perfectionist) — hoping to find 14-piece puzzles, wholesome themes, etc. .
Yes, I am retentive sometimes.
So we sat her down and did a puzzle [...]
It’s a Good Day
Posted in Bilingualism, Educating the Whippersnappers on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My husband is reading Winnie-the-Pooh to Kate in russian while she takes her bath.
It’s a good day.
Gems from the Seminar II
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers, tagged Carole Joy Seid, Charlotte Mason on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Papa book (or Daddy book)
Basically, this is the book that is read by the parent who isn’t home all day long. If there’s a stay-at-home dad and the wife works outside the home, then this would be the Mommy book. The idea works like this. Who-ever spends the least amount of time at home–their [...]
The Gems from the Seminar I
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers, The Well Educated Mind, tagged Carole Joy Seid, Charlotte Mason on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’d also like to talk about the gems that I took away with me from the Carole Joy Seid Seminar on a Literature Based Education.
Reading to children doesn’t stop when the kids can read for themselves.
I think as busy people, this is a mistake we make. We read to the kids until they can read for themselves [...]
Travel Town
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Memorial Day, we headed out to Travel Town in Griffith Park. I don’t think I’d been there since grade school. Travel Town, as I remembered it, was a place with old train cars fully furnished in their glory. I remember climbing into cars as a kid that had velvet upholstery and polished wood walls, [...]
Back From A Seminar
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers, The Well Educated Mind, tagged Carole Joy Seid, Charlotte Mason on May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rome and I went to a Carole Joy Seid seminar last Saturday. I walked in with strong Charlotte Mason leanings thinking I would walk out a Charlotte Mason devotee. (Charlotte Mason was a 19th century British educator). But I didn’t. The seminar wasn’t what I was expecting. It was called A Literature Based Approach to Education and I guess I [...]
They’re Here
Posted in Educating the Whippersnappers on May 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
They’re here! (500 1-cm-thick wood pattern blocks)
Singing:
They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here. They’re here.
A special thanks goes out to Grandma and Christine for this gift.
I’m just too excited thinking about all the math fun we’re going [...]
