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Counting On His Fingers
Two years ago, J was doing basic arithmetic, adding and subtracting small numbers, with finger involvement. In fact, two and a half years ago or so, during the summer, I predicted a possible decrease in math ability once colder weather required him to start wearing socks; he wasn't really counting on his fingers or toes anymore, as whatever he was ( Read more... ) -
R and Comfort Levels
We were at a Boy Scout Court of Honor this evening, which had an associated pot-luck dinner. When we first got there, there was much confusion as to where we should be; we were supposed to be in the cafeteria of a local Catholic school, but the school extends over multiple buildings (some of which may be shared with the local Catholic church; the ( Read more... ) -
Waiting Room Conversations at the Therapy Place
"So, how are you today ( Read more... ) -
Self-assessment failure
There is inevitably some discussion of grade level when you are a child between the ages of 5 and 18, whether you are homeschooled or not. The routine answer in our house has become, "We homeschool, so it's complicated. The easy answer is [age minus 5 OR grade in Sunday school ( Read more... ) -
Fairy Tales and Consent
There is a book that lives in a waiting room that the kids and I frequent every week. It is a Disney book about a princess, so of course R wants me to read it to her every week -- Every. Single. Week. And, of course, it is the wordiest book there, so it takes two weeks to read it (since we only have about 30 minutes of reading time each time we' ( Read more... ) -
My Love/Hate Relationship with Asynchronous Development
T, who just turned 10, is currently reading Ender's Game for the first time and absolutely loving it. It's clearly the right book at the right time for him ( Read more... ) -
LIW Tour, Day 1: Pepin, WI
At 5:12 this morning, we finally pulled out to start the trip we've been planning, to one extent or another, for about a decade.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Tour, Day 0: The Packing
Packing for any family vacation is always a chore. Packing for an extended vacation for a family of 6 makes it moreso. And when you add camping on top of that, it gets even worse.
Packing started two weeks ago with spreading our tent out in the basement and applying seam sealer to all the seams in the floor. Then we hauled it outside, set it up ( Read more... ) -
J is obsessed with Axis & Allies, with mixed results.
Effects of a war game obsession in a 6yo were studied anecdotally in a home environment over the course of two months. Study is still ongoing at time of publication. Effects to date include:
- Increased geographical knowledge, especially as pertains to Europe.
- Odd inaccuracies introduced to geographical knowledge thanks to oversimplification in ( Read more... )