A very patient reader reminded me that I promised a review of the Livescribe e-pen in my Alternative Note Taking post a bit ago and failed to follow through. I love that she called me on it! – I had
Which Livescribe for Dyslexic Students?
Rolling Downhill
When you spend a day watching insanely strong athletes throwing telephone poles and carrying 500lb rocks, what’s the best way to burn off energy? Rolling down the mountain of course!
WWII Wedding
How to Find a Bee Tree
Have you ever wondered how early Americans found honey? Did they just wander through the woods and hope to randomly stumble across a hive? Did they act like the characters of “The Bee Tree” and chase a bee through town? Nope –
Modern Era Booklist: Picture-Books
Homeschool book lists used to be simple. I picked out a few stories to read aloud and that was it. Now that I have readers at three different (and ever-changing) levels, booklists have gotten a lot more complicated. I’ve been
Sculpture Mountain
Sometimes it is surprising what is in your own back yard. I never knew that the Andres Institute existed until my sister invited us on a hike. It is a fantastic place full of innovative sculptures as divergent from one
Confessions of a Recovering Grammar Snob
Isn’t it funny how God uses our kids’ struggles to point out our own glaring issues. It is like looking in a funhouse mirror: “You’d better stop yelling or … !” Did I really just yell that? “Sweetheart, I have
A Forager’s Harvest
Foraging for food is becoming a lost art, which is really sad because there is a lot of (expensive) food growing wild in our backyards free for the taking. Elderberries hanging heavy in bushes, greens underfoot, syrup flowing in the
How to Inspire Great Interactive Projects
Our countertop is currently full of hot glue and bottle caps, and surrounded by smiles. That doesn’t sound like a math project does it? It is, I promise. It has taken my boy two entire summers to collect those caps,
Black Thumb
As everyone knows, I am the world’s worst gardener. Seriously, it is bad. I have a total of one indoor plant that I haven’t yet managed to kill, and that is a bomb-proof Jade plant. I’ve made it shrivel multiple