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July 2011

July 04, 2011

Independence Day

A few years back, Nancy and I went back and forth about a piece I...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

The Reviews Are In

"It's book club, tonight! It's book club, tonight!" Their excitement could not be contained. Ezra...

June 28, 2011

Two Hungry Species

Hyperlexic kids read precociously early but have poor comprehension skills. If you ask them to...

June 23, 2011

Men I Would Marry

I've been married twice, to two very wonderful, very different men. (I was married for...

June 23, 2011

Graduation?

The New York Times ran an article last Saturday about the increase in homeschool graduation...

June 21, 2011

Too Busy To Slow Down

Ezra spent 25 minutes this morning crying and whining about going to swim camp. "I...

June 17, 2011

Drinking the Kool-Aid

My friend Kathy writes blog posts the revolve around and include a scrumptious recipe. This...

June 15, 2011

A Turn For The Ugly

Ezra received Ian's birthday party invitation today and read each word carefully. Ezra loves Ian,...

June 13, 2011

The Results Are In!

Thank you to everyone who helped us with the mistakes survey! (To read more about...

June 10, 2011

Brothers and Sisters

After teaching in New York for five years, I went to grad school. If I...

June 02, 2011

Interventions

The boys need an intervention. A reading intervention, to be precise. Ezra, who has amazing...

June 01, 2011

Counting On It

Poor Jeff. He was born in California during the 50s, which means that he learned...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Check Mate

After my first thoughts on the Tiger Mom controversy, I haven't had much to say....

May 26, 2011

Literally

Today's post is "hot off the presses." If you understand what that means, then you...

May 20, 2011

Do Not Worry About Tomorrow

When Zach was a baby, I refused to call him colicky. Even though he was...

May 19, 2011

Survey Monkeys

We're still working away on our "Mistakes" story. Tuesday, the boys and Wendy designed a...

May 13, 2011

Great Expectations

"Daddy?" "Yeah?" "You know how you took the whole day off on Zach's birthday?" "Yeah?"...

May 11, 2011

No More Homeschool?

What if I give up completely on my objectives and curriculum? What would happen if...

May 06, 2011

Fig Leaves

Day 2 of a Series on Social Stories: Click here to read Day 1, and...

May 04, 2011

Life on Planet Earth

Several people working with the boys over the years suggested that I read "social stories"...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

Competition

Yesterday, I told the boys that one of their friends ran a mile - which...

April 23, 2011

Rangers

What is it about a man in uniform? So sexy. At least that's what I...

April 22, 2011

Early to Bed

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. What parent doesn't? Tonight, for...

April 19, 2011

Because I Have Limits

Warning: Salty language ahead. I spent nine hours today getting ice chips, and talking to...

April 16, 2011

The Nature of Childhood

I brought the boys to Plimoth Plantation today with many hopes. For example, I hoped...

April 13, 2011

Art School

Jake was not homeschooled. Kind of the opposite, really. He left home when he was...

April 08, 2011

Climbing

Ezra came downstairs this morning with big news. He had just read that, "two...

April 06, 2011

The presence of God

Have you ever just wanted to slap Brother Lawrence in the face? No? It's just...

April 05, 2011

Comb Sweet Comb

To use Ezra's definition, today was a marked day. We brought home 10,000 bees today....

April 02, 2011

Lady Spark

I always hated the big fuss people made over PMS. I never had it myself,...

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