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Adventures in Homeschooling

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Another Greek connection

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In Elementary Greek, we learned the verb pher- meaning "to bear or bring". In our new Greek course, Athenaze, they translate it as...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Tiptoe through the Tulips

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The pink tulips have been around for a week or so, but I didn't know what they were. The pointed tips threw me off, because I've onl...

Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum)

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Scott and I went for a walk in the Coker Arboretum while the kids were in Sunday school, and I found out the name of this plant that's b...

Big Art

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We got out the big roll of paper the other day and did some big art. Mary worked on a mural of our forest hike. She drew Audrey's toy mo...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Balanced Smarts

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Here's an excerpt from a book review in the New Yorker: Reading is a form of explicit learning. When you play a video game, the value i...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Duke Forest hike

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Today some families from our homeschool group went for a hike in Duke Forest. One of the moms used to work there, and she led the hike and t...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

Camellia (C. japonica)

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Camellia is one of the plants I already knew before moving here, because Papa had a beautiful camellia bush in his yard. I don't think I...
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Ellen
I'm Ellen. I homeschool the kids and play chamber music on the saxophone. Scott is a multimedia guru. Mary, 12, wants to write books. Audrey, 7, loves playing with her friends, doing crafts, and mixing things that fizz, blow up, or taste good. We live in North Carolina.
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