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Online Foreign Language Resources #1: Memrise
Post #2 in this series: italki.com. Note: this is not a sponsored post and I’m not affiliated with Memrise in any way. It just turned out I had quite a lot to say about it! To follow up on my post...
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Online Foreign Language Resources #2: italki
See #1 in this series: Memrise. Last night I had a trial lesson at italki.com with a German teacher who currently lives and works in Taiwan. At the appointed hour he rang me on Skype and we had a...
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Big Picture Classes “Phone Photography Project 2″ Class
One of the many long galleries at Balboa Park. Assignment: In a Row. At Comic-Con two years ago (or was it three? they begin to blur), I dropped my camera in the street, and it has never been the same...
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“A quick one,” she said. Ha!
Last night’s talk on habits seemed to go over very well. I was astonished that we had forty moms in attendance! We set up chairs and blankets in my backyard. Several of you have asked for a write-up...
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Stuff that’s working
Okay, then. Blogging first, blogging freehand. My visual aids are world-class. Some things we’re having fun with these days: Famous Men of Rome. Rilla’s first time. Rose and Beanie are listening...
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Monday Monday
Today I forgot to blog first; it’s nearly bedtime. Melanie has begun a link-up for sharing daily learning notes, always an engaging topic (if you’re anything like me). I used to have an entire...
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Rilla, as you know, is eight years old, which means it’s her turn for the family tradition called Daddy Reads Mommy’s Martha Books to You. Which for all four of my daughters now has meant, as sure as...
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Art Resource: Koosje Koene’s Draw Tip Tuesday
(Added the shadow color before the cookie was dry, and the yellow bled. Whoops!) Saturday night, as I’ve mentioned, is one of the best parts of my week. My boys go to bed early these days—7:30, ever...
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Fun Gift Idea: Dress Up Bunch Club
Saw this on Twitter and had to share! I love Wendi Gratz’s work—her book is one of Beanie’s go-to resources—and this doll + clothes pattern club such a fun idea I wanted to pass it on. You’re Invited...
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Couch Fun
Six short years ago A homeschooling friend who’s expecting a baby asked for ideas for fun learning activities to do from the couch. Others chimed in with suggestions; here was my contribution: I...
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Education junkie
I’m always amused when the Coursera “recommended for you” email arrives and I get to see who their algorithm thinks I am this time. Coursera-Melissa has wonderfully eclectic tastes, doesn’t she? I...
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A Little Smackerel of Nothing
“I like that too,” said Christopher Robin, “but what I like doing best is Nothing.” “How do you do Nothing?” asked Pooh, after he had wondered for a long time. “Well, it’s when people call out at you...
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Dip Pens
About once a week I bring my fountain pens to the kitchen tape for refilling. My reason for making this rather quick, benign chore a public affair is to take advantage of the great parenting truism:...
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High Tide for Huck and Rilla
The other day I mentioned that I was putting together some shelves of books to use for Huck and Rilla this year. Huck is 6 1/2 and Rilla is 9, and according to the boxes I will have to check on the...
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Our Week in Books: August 16-22
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009. Review copy received from publisher. Read to: Huck. Gorgeous art in this sweetly captivating tale of a boy who,...
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Our Week in Books: August 23-30
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller & Anne Wilsdorf. Read to: my boys. If you only pick up one new picture book for fall, let this be it. Here’s what I wrote in a Picture Book Spotlight post...
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Our Week in Books: August 31-September 6
Time for another weekly roundup! Here are the books we read alone and together this week. Zita the Spacegirl, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke. Read...
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Our Week in Books: September 6-12
So very hot. We were languid this week and didn’t seem to read as much as usual, but maybe that’s just me. We had a lot of medical appointment stuff happening with Wonderboy and it’s possible I just...
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Our Week in Books, October 10 Edition
Our past few weeks have been a swirl of doctor appointments and deadlines. I had to skip a few of my weekly Books We’ve Read roundups because usually I put them together on weekends, and my last three...
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Our Week in Books, November 1 Edition
Happy November! Just a quick list (no commentary) for this week’s books recap—my weekend is running away again. Family Read-Alouds: I finished The Search for Delicious. The kids were glued to every...
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