We’ve been delving into more formal math lately. I’ve purchased and just received a set of connecting cuisenaire rods, the first two workbooks in the Singapore Math Earlybird Math series, and the first two workbooks (Red and Orange) of the Miquon math program. BTW, M just turned 4.
All this buying of math curricula seems almost like it is going against the direction we are heading in, homeschooling-wise. The more reading and thinking I am doing, the more we are heading in the unschooling direction. But at …

A little known factSomething that is true. about me: I once auditioned for OprylandNote to self: sing something more fun than ‘The Long Black Veil’ next time. And if you’re going to try to sell yourself as a Johnny Cash impersonator, try dressing in black..

It’s the Toys ‘R’ Us catalogue that has irritated me this time. We got a thick one in the mail the other day with their Christmas theme. The whole thing basically repulsed me. The toys were almost all made of plastic and looked like they would break within a week of being received. Many of the toys had violent themes. And what bothered me the most about it was the sexism.
The section marked “Dollsâ€? was colored coded (or shall I say *gender coded*) in pink. …

I went outside just a few minutes ago and was surprised to see flurries, the first of the season. I’m definitely a little sad. With all the cold weather we got in August, I never really worked myself up to saying goodbye to the end of the summer. I usually get excited about the first flakes of snow, but this year I’m …

That is the name of the interesting dessert concoction that M came up with the other night. We were cooking dinner and he took out a small pot and announced he wanted to make some “Beeluda�. Arp and I had not idea what that was, so we functioned as assistants as M told us how to help him. Pictures and the recipe follow…