I saw my sister breastfeed her two kids when I was still single. I saw it as something very natural, and never even entertained the idea of not breastfeeding when my kids came. I nursed Little T until she was two years and three months old. We stopped when I got pregnant with Little Sir and couldn’t stand the pain. Now two-and-a-half years old, Little Sir still happily and … [Read more...]
Life of Fred: Math Like You’ve Probably Never Seen Before
Little T loves the guy pictured above. His name is Fred. Who is Fred, you ask. Well, he is the 5-year-old math professor at Kittens University who encounters the need for math in his everyday life, and then encourages his students to do math with him. Huh? Let me explain. Fred is the main character in the amazing series of math “textbooks” called Life of Fred. Fred is fairly … [Read more...]
Mirette On The High Wire: Can Learning Be Really This Fun?
Whenever I think about our family's "great homeschooling experiment," I can't help but wonder if it's legal for learning to be this fun! If you visit us on an ordinary "school day," you'll be hard-pressed to say that we are doing school at all! More often than not, we are lolling about in bed, reading and talking. If you've been following this blog, you would know that I am not … [Read more...]
Finding “The Quiet Way Home”
The Quiet Way Home is one of the harder books to find in the Before Five in a Row book list. I am resigned to the possibility that we won’t find a copy at all. After all, Five in a Row as a whole has already blessed our family with the beginnings of a love affair with learning. I’m such a die-hard fan, though, that when my friend Sanne told me about an app version of the … [Read more...]
Extended Family Fun Game
With eight pairs of aunts and uncles on my father's side, and nine on my mother's, I sure have a large extended family. Growing up with my cousins in close proximity, I remember fun and chaos all around. My children aren't as lucky. Their five pairs of aunts and uncles only have two kids each, giving them a total of just ten cousins - and not all of them in the same zip … [Read more...]
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