Capturing Creativity
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,
Make a model of this, make a video of that, create your own thing-a-ma-jig, and turn it in on time. Why??? Why would either a student or a teacher want to add one more time consuming activity to an
Note taking seems like it should be a simple thing, just write down what you hear. Easy right? Well, not really, it is much more complicated than that. The average student needs to learn how to identify the most important
It is warm and sunny outside, yet all of my kids are diligently hunched over their pencils and math books right now. For over 6 years (wow, time flies) my crew has been homeschooling year round. It is a system
I teach my kids a lot of things, but I never considered teaching them hatchet throwing until today. And, for the record, no, I did not faint dead away, although I considered it. We had a fantastic time with the
Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. SEVENTY! I’ve been enjoying the book Monuments Men* lately, and I’m really amazed at what these men went through. I had no idea that it took 2 entire months for them to
How would you describe a person who paints himself like the image on the left? Strong? Bold? Rich? Commanding? Arrogant? Rembandt van Rijn was well known for his self-confidence. He painted over 90 self-portraits (he was his own most patient
With a dyslexic child in the house, videos, mnemonics, and songs are key to my ability to teach well, so I always try to find lots of great multimedia tools that go along with our lessons. Unfortunately, regardless of how
I make a lot of assumptions. It isn’t one of my greatest personal qualities, and I’m working to fight my own bias, but it is my reality. Take, for example, modern artists. I always assume that they live flamboyant lives
I was recently asked for my lesson plans from the Medieval survey class I taught last year. Covering the entirety of the Middle Ages in just 15 lessons is no easy task. Planning this class made me feel a bit