An awesome article by Seed magazine (my current favorite magazine!) about learning by doing. Apparently, that’s how we learn best. When we learn by doing, we retain the information we’ve learned much better than if it’s presented to us in…
Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane
Even if we weren’t homeschooling, I don’t think I could give up some of my HSing lists, because I’d miss out on things like this. For God’s sake, please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion,…
About the 2000 Election
I still run into people who believe that Bush won the 2000 election fair and square. Katie and I did some math today, using figures from that election. These do NOT consider the number of people who were intimidated by…
They Shouldn’t BE Homeschooling!
Okay, an acquaintance of ours has repeatedly moaned to me recently because her daughter isn’t learning anything. Truly—they’re supposedly homeschooling the kid, and she is still completely stuck on the same math concepts she couldn’t learn over two years ago…
My Math Whiz
Okay, Katie just brought me her math book so I could check the pre-test for the next chapter. She got every problem right, so she’s skipping yet another chapter. That makes seven chapters in a book that only HAS twelve…