My son’s math curriculum is called Everyday Math – the idea is to use math concepts in everyday situations we encounter, rather than keep math separate, a subject during the school day that has no tie to real life. Thus, he can figure out fractions when we need only 2 of a dozen eggs, or […]
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Everyday Math
Posted in Aging, Existential, Midlife, Personal Growth, School, Youth on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pearl of Wisdom from a Mom I Know
Posted in Children, Friendship, Mothers, Sons, Wisdom on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My son has a friend he met two summers ago at a week-long summer camp. Our families live on opposite sides of town, their house perched at the edge not only of our city but seemingly the edge of the continent, looking out over a span of water that feeds into the Pacific Ocean. The […]
Please, please, please
Posted in Idiosyncracies, School, Seasons on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I hope it snows tonight.” “I hope it snows enough to cancel school tomorrow.” “Please, please, pretty please, I hope it snows tonight.” We awoke this morning, and not even a “Good morning” came out of his lips before he inquired, “Did it snow?”
Making Tikis in the Classroom
Posted in Children, Friendship, Reminiscences, School, Writing on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was back in my son’s classroom, in an after-school effort to help the kids build Tikis as part of their study of Easter Island. His school has an amazing program where the whole school studies one continent a year, each classroom focusing on one country. This culminates in giant classroom projects, a school-wide evening […]
Kids in Motion
Posted in Children, Music, School on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I helped my son’s teacher at school today, during a math test, and it was the loveliest hour I’ve had in weeks. Oh, the variations on a theme, like Pachelbel’s Canon, only in place of 3 violins and continuo basso, there were 23 bodies in motion, with accompanying paper, pencils, and plastic rulers. And contrary […]