Today is March 14, or 3.14 – or shall we say π? More
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Clara's Clearing
Clara's Clearing
Time, time, time -- or quantitative un-easing
I’m not finished with my negative/positive resistance topic – and I am going to interject myself into the child raising/educating picture some more. More
The role of chance
This blog is part of Educating My Boy: Chronicles of a Free-Schooler
What I am going to do in the next series of blogs is to record some of the “lessons” that I prepare for my son. But before I embark on the planned part of our curriculum I want to pay homage to the role chance plays in what Jack studies. In fact the very “curriculum” that I’m going to blog about came to us by chance. More
The dusting of books...
A while ago I wrote about our decision to move out of San Francisco. Well, the move is upon us. We’re packing, loading, cleaning, painting, etc., hence my laxness in writing blogs.
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Amazing Opposites
My son Jack gave the title to this blog. This is how it came about:
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The Homeschoolers' Conference
One of the first pieces of advice I received from fellow homeschoolers was: Don’t miss the conference! One far-sighted mom made me make my reservation right on the spot, sitting at the kitchen table of another homeschooling mom, on my i-Phone. I’m sure glad I did. More
Are homeschoolers entitled to summer vacation?
This blog is part of Educating My Boy: Chronicles of a Free-Schooler
This is our first summer as homeschoolers. My son left school in February and I did some official “teaching” from March through May. Come June, however, Jack started rebelling against our “lessons.” More
Uncertainty, Improvisation, Approximation
This blog is part of Educating My Boy: Chronicles of a Free-Schooler
While going through emotional breakdowns and making life changes I don’t expect myself to be “teaching” or my son “studying” an awful lot. Math has completely slipped but we do keep on plodding through my version of a liberal arts “curriculum.” As I pick books and read and discuss them with Jack I give education more thought than I probably ever did. I am determined to give my son an excellent education. (Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon… and for the rest of his life.) More
After the honeymoon, the crash
This blog is part of Educating My Boy: Chronicles of a Free-Schooler
Well, it was bound to happen, wasn't it?! More
I see you, child, and you are good (A different kind of city encounter)
After I wrote a previous blog about the creeps one meets on city streets, I started taking mental notes about the different kinds of people one meets day to day. This is certainly part of a kid’s education. Exactly a week after my encounter with the neighbor who tried to intimidate my son and I not to play in the park we had an exactly opposite encounter. More
Recent Posts
- I'm on sabbatical already (and why)
- Jack London Park: What it means to close it
- What does it mean to have no life?
- Wrapping it up: Overview and self-evaluation
- The question of discipline
- Other curricular and extracurricular activities
- Failing Math
- Teaching what I don't know: Physics
- On the reading list: The Prince and the Pauper
- Lesson Nine: Some Poetry
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