Understanding Edmund

I took Peter, 6, and Edmund, almost 4, to the library after dinner tonight for a lecture about reptiles and amphibians. During the slide presentation, I kept thiniking of a book I recently checked out – and never finished – The Minds of Boys by Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens. Who can understand the mind [...]

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Book meme – blast from the past

This month is my one-year blogging anniversary. In celebration of this milestone… a recycled post from my old blog. It’s a book meme so it fits in well here. It was first published June 21, 2005.
Book tag
Spunky tagged me a few weeks ago for the five book-related questions. Here are my answers.
1. Number of books [...]

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Home schooling books for a seven-year-old girl

For awhile now I’ve wanted to write regarding my eldest and the books used for her home education. (I really prefer home education to home school, but since so few people use it, I usually stick with the more popular term.) Susan will be eight next month, so I figure now is a good time [...]

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Field day

Our homeschool co-op Field Day, complete with shot put, standing long jump, relay races, topped off with pizza and ice cream, finished our academic year today. All involved had a blast and I’m bet I’m not the only mom to crash on the sofa this afternoon.
I like to keep a relaxed schedule in the [...]

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Finished His Majesty’s Dragon yesterday

Like I said the other day, I’ve a good number of books in my stack from the library, so I don’t have the time to read at a leisuely pace. That’s okay, I’m a fast reader, especially when I have a page-turner like His Majesty’s Dragon. I did go to the author’s livejournal blog the [...]

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All my children – my own personal drama

One reader, one learning to read, one almost ready to learn and one who likes to rip the pages. Care to guess who is who?
In the doctor’s office the other day, a nurse asked me in amazement, “Are they all yours?”
And I was ready with my reply, which I’ve been looking forward to [...]

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A new type of dragon?

I’m enjoying His Majesty’s Dragon immensely. A talking dragon and one who likes books too! I think Temeraire and I would get along very well. Usually the dragon is reserved for fighting the sword-yeilding hero at the climax of the story, but not this one. I’m tying to think of any other intellegent, well-read dragons [...]

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What I’m reading

I snuck off to the library yesterday afternoon without the kids. Here’s my haul, all, except one, from the “14 day” shelves, so I better get a readin’
The Minds of Boys by Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens
Weekend Makeover by Don Aslett
Supernanny: How to Get the Best from Your Children by Jo Frost
Great Books for Girls [...]

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My toddler was not a happy camper

My 13-month-old spilled scalding hot coffee on herself Friday night, so my holiday weekend was spent at the Burn Center in Saint Barnabas Medical Center. We had just finshed setting up our camp site, and had started our dinner of hot dogs, when Lucy grabbed the coffee cup. I’m thankful my EMT brother-in-law was [...]

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