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Connecting with ideas—and each other
I’m circling back to yesterday’s topic. The bird clock chirped before I got to the best kind of connections! A few hours later, laughing with Huck and Rilla over a math problem, I knew …Tuesday: finding connection
April 13, 2021 @ 8:17 am | Filed under: Rule of Six
I’m saving white space for last because it’s the item on my “things to include in every day*” list I struggle most at making room for.
*”Every day” is more aspirational than practical. “Things …
Friday: big ideas to ponder and discuss
April 9, 2021 @ 8:12 am | Filed under: Books, Rule of Six
Perhaps the easiest piece of my personal Rule to fulfill. I live in a house full of talkers, analyzers, discussers, ponderers. Online and and in the world, I gravitate toward friends of similar …
Wednesday: imaginative play
April 8, 2021 @ 9:27 am | Filed under: Books, Rule of Six
When I think of this category, I think of my kids in the backyard in San Diego, deeply immersed in the Warriors-inspired make-believe games that occupied so many hours when they were little. …
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creative practice, creativity, imaginative play, momentum dash, play, rule of seven, rule of six, writing hacks
Wednesday: meaningful work
Early on in my parenting and homeschooling journeys (same journey: they were simultaneous), I recognized as a core value the importance of giving kids opportunities for real work that contributes to the household. As …Comments are off
homeschool gossip, meaningful work, rule of seven, rule of six
Applying my best parenting advice to my own self
April 2, 2021 @ 9:04 am | Filed under: Rule of Six
In a recent blog post, Austin Kleon quoted Tiersa McQueen‘s spot-on insight about parenting:
People say parents should strive to “give our children what we needed but never had”, and that is well …
Where I’ll Be This Summer
June 25, 2013 @ 8:09 am | Filed under: Events
July 12-13th, I’m speaking at the Rocky Mountain Catholic Home Educators Conference in Centennial, CO. Karen Edmisten and I will be giving a talk together on relaxed homeschooling, and I’m speaking on literature/living books …
Fresh Starts
January 1, 2008 @ 12:29 pm | Filed under: Home and Hearth, Rule of Six
Happy New Year!
I love beginnings, fresh starts. I am very, very good at beginning things, less adept at finishing them. But I’ve finished some projects this long weekend, and am on the verge of …