Today is Make Your Own Holiday Day. So, get our the journals, put on the thinking caps, and ask everyone to write a short description of their own unique holiday. What is the name of the holiday? What day will it be celebrated? How will it be celebrated? What customs or practices will people follow [...]
Way back when I was studying Shakespeare as a sophomore in college, the rather animated professor used to act out scenes from the plays, lunging toward us in sword battles, and moving about the room reciting a character’s solilioquy. More than just bringing the text to life, his readings helped us absorb the language of [...]
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens That certainly is true here in the Midwest, where this year’s first spring day is warm an inviting through the window, and brisk 36 [...]
Saturdays are a good day here for writing stories. Though we have plenty to do, we can usually find some time for writing. Often, my ten-year-old grabs some paper and illustrates a story on his own while everyone else is working around the house…Today, he spent some downtime writing a 500-word story to enter into [...]
Logan and Dad have started reading Flush by Carl Hiaasen. This is a book at a higher reading level than Logan is accustomed to–it is cataloged as a young-adult novel and includes some challenging vocabulary. But challenges are good for all of us. They develop strength. We build muscles in our arms by challenging them [...]