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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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