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December 2010

December 21, 2010

The New P.E.

So here's the deal with PE. It was all wrong for the last hundred years....

December 21, 2010

Spark

What's so special about Naperville, Illinois? Is it that their 8th graders scored sixth in...

December 18, 2010

Tales from the Hive

Sometimes I feel tired. Work, homeschool, family life, friends, church, neighbors. It can be a...

December 17, 2010

Weaponry

What do the following have in common? 11 six- to eight-year-olds, Gladiator helmets, double chocolate...

December 16, 2010

True Believer

I wrote yesterday about the boys' inability to keep secrets. Their inability to keep anything...

December 15, 2010

Secrets

Today is my birthday. When I came down the stairs this morning, Zach was excited...

December 13, 2010

A title-less post

I like writing when I have a theme of some kind, and I haven't been...

December 11, 2010

Faking It

"Your parents faked their way through it. You fake your way through it. And you...

December 10, 2010

Uno

Last year, Zachary and Ezra were at the Amigos, a bilingual school where their teachers...

December 09, 2010

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

"I know what they're going to do. Again!" Zach, Ezra, and I were taking a...

December 07, 2010

A Quiz

Here's a little quiz for the day. (I know. I said no testing. But that's...

December 07, 2010

Management

Leaving behind the testing controversy, I write today about Reform #2: Management, not Discipline. My...

December 04, 2010

Thoughts on testing…

The title would more aptly be A Lot of Thoughts on Testing. Can't help it....

December 02, 2010

Tara’s Anxiety

Okay, the truth is, I never expected that everyone would say, "YES!" when I asked...

December 01, 2010

Test Anxiety

As we were riding bikes yesterday, Zach caught up with me to ask, "Do we...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Unintended Consequences

Reform #1 - Vigorous Exercise Before Homeschool. Here's how it went today... At 9:30, I...

November 30, 2010

Fidelity

There is a dirty little secret in all talk of school reform. It turns out...

November 28, 2010

Back Tomorrow

Have I said lately how much I appreciate you all reading this? It's been a...

November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving

Today I am celebrating Thanksgiving with nearly 40 international students who've come to Massachusetts for...

November 24, 2010

After extensive review…

What two words make veteran teachers' eyes roll to the back of their heads more...

November 23, 2010

Cambridge Grateful

The boys spent the morning learning how to use a smudger to make their pencil...

November 22, 2010

Surprising

My baby got baptized today. Stood in front of our church in a little purple...

November 20, 2010

Believing

Well, if you've been paying attention, you won't be surprised. We met with a neuropsychologist...

November 19, 2010

Playing Hooky

I really hoped I wouldn't do this, but I did. I skipped homeschool today. Not...

November 17, 2010

Joey Pigza

I've been thinking a lot about Joey Pigza these days. If you don't know who...

November 16, 2010

Money Well Spent

Donuts, Arthur, and a car showroom. How could that be bad, right? It wasn't. It...

November 13, 2010

Bad Mommy

Yesterday, Zach peed on the floor in his room. That’s right. He peed on the...

November 12, 2010

Study Groups

Just got home from my second homeschool study group of the week. Tonight was for...

November 11, 2010

Sarcasm

"Kevin, you are so debonaire." This was Zach's response to a joke that Kevin told...

November 10, 2010

Silly Americans

"Chinese people are great, Momma. And we are just silly." Ezra announced earlier this year...

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