Our Second Grade School Day

The house wakes early, even in the dark. Partly because kids are insane, and partly because I have a puppy, which is another story. In
The house wakes early, even in the dark. Partly because kids are insane, and partly because I have a puppy, which is another story. In
After watching Bear Grylls do it, King Sturdy wanted to eat a caterpillar.
In my last two posts, I told you about the ideas that have influenced my kindergarten homeschool curriculum, as well as the subjects we're studying,
In my last post, I shared the styles of homeschooling that have influenced the kindergarten curriculum I've created this year for King Sturdy. In this
There are a lot of different ways to homeschool: different curricula of course, also different philosophies. Here's the mishmash of approaches that I like, with
Five-year-olds had a big first, last week. They started school. Parents were excited and weepy. Kids were excited and scared. Teachers were excited and reassuring.
The other day in school, we talked to King Sturdy about potential and kinetic energy, then showed him an OK Go video to illustrate. Today,
Confession: I let my toddler pull a kitchen chair down on top of himself. I could've jumped up and righted the chair before it fell, but I didn't.
Before you decide that "kindness teaches best" is some kind of frufru, no-accountability form of permissive parenting, hold on a second.
We've got this notion that people — kids, especially — need to suffer a little bit when they do something wrong, so that next time, they'll think, "Last time I suffered. I don't think I'll do that again."