Conversations on Twice Exceptional Homeschooling
Now, I have a confession to make. Before my son came along, I liked Mythbusters…but I didn’t love Mythbusters. My son though – Mythbusters is his raison d’etre. He has been obsessed since he was 2 years old. The best present for his birthday is another season of Mythbusters. Continue reading “The Adam Savage School of Homeschooling”
It’s been a while since my last post. Mainly because we’ve been busy with what I like to call the ‘diagnosis soup’ – seeing all the specialists who have a stake in helping C with his disabilities. As well as learning how to integrate all the home therapy into our daily routine. With all of C’s and J’s diagnoses, if we did all that each Dr recommended – there would be no time for eating, sleeping …or living!
Continue reading “Dealing with Diagnosis Soup”
Over half a year ago, my sister asked me to be the Matron of Honour at her wedding. The trick? The trick was it was an Edwardian theme, and I was going to make my own dress.
Continue reading “The Edwardian Fishtail Dress – Part 1”
This is a post in response to Penelope Trunk’s post on not teaching Maths, as well as the many, many comments on the blog. It made me sad. It made me think. And it reinforced for me the idea that the maths taught in school is – the wrong maths.
It’s a discussion that you will hear whenever you get a group of mathematicians together. The things that inspire, that make you go ‘wow!’ are the things you never see in school.
Imagine for a moment that learning english was taught only through reading ‘Terms and Conditions on Contracts‘. Worthy and useful, perhaps. But you never saw poetry. There was no mention of Shakespere, and the idea of a story or novel was incomprehensible to your teachers. Who would ‘love’ english after 13 years of that? Why would you want to know how to read?
Continue reading “I don’t want to teach my kids maths, I want my kids to LIVE Maths”
This post is more of a link than a true post. Over six months ago, I was stuck with a ‘what do we have for dinner?’ dilemma. So after poring through our cook books without success, I did an internet search and came across this completely delicious tuna rice salad recipe.
Continue reading “The “Yummy” Dinner”