Friday, September 21, 2007
Making Music
Yesterday, Noah and I made the trek to ASU for a special event. The college students in the music practicum class demonstrate their instruments to homeschool kids, and then show the kids how to play, letting the kids try each instrument. I am hoping Noah will be inspired to learn one of the instruments; he showed a lot of interest in several, including my favorite (cello), as well as xylophone, snare drum, and oboe. Here are a few photos.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
My pirate name is:
Captain Jenny Kidd
Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network
It helps to find out your official pirate name. Have a great day, mateys!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Sovereignty and Suffering
I found this video to be very powerful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WT_WUOyud4
Wendi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WT_WUOyud4
Wendi
Monday, September 03, 2007
First Week of School
Last week was our first week of 5th grade. It was a busy week; we had a co-op meeting Tuesday and a WIC board meeting Thursday. We still managed to get most of our work done.
The thing I'm most pleased with is Noah's writing. We're using IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) materials. This week, he wrote a key word outline of "The Boy and the Nuts", then wrote his own version. He embellished a bit, of course. Here it is:
THE BOY AND THE NUTS
Once upon a time there was a boy who was strolling along in the park one day, and he saw some other kids that were at play. But he didn’t want to play with them, because he was looking for a fast food restaurant. Then, up ahead, he saw something. It was a jar! He ran over to the jar hoping it had hamburgers, but it had walnuts.
(Ed. note: Here he pasted a photo of walnuts, with the caption below.)
Walnuts are a good snack. These walnuts are in their shells.
As the boy put his hand in the jar and grabbed a handful of walnuts and TRIED to pull his hand out, but couldn’t. He burst into tears. Then a man came by and said “If you could be satisfied with fewer, you could get your hand out.” “Sometimes you have to give up a little to get what you wish.” And the boy obeyed him and the man’s theory worked. THE END
The thing I'm most pleased with is Noah's writing. We're using IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) materials. This week, he wrote a key word outline of "The Boy and the Nuts", then wrote his own version. He embellished a bit, of course. Here it is:
THE BOY AND THE NUTS
Once upon a time there was a boy who was strolling along in the park one day, and he saw some other kids that were at play. But he didn’t want to play with them, because he was looking for a fast food restaurant. Then, up ahead, he saw something. It was a jar! He ran over to the jar hoping it had hamburgers, but it had walnuts.
(Ed. note: Here he pasted a photo of walnuts, with the caption below.)
Walnuts are a good snack. These walnuts are in their shells.
As the boy put his hand in the jar and grabbed a handful of walnuts and TRIED to pull his hand out, but couldn’t. He burst into tears. Then a man came by and said “If you could be satisfied with fewer, you could get your hand out.” “Sometimes you have to give up a little to get what you wish.” And the boy obeyed him and the man’s theory worked. THE END
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