because it is almost here. because Isaac noticed that we have many pollinators in our garden & I did not teach him the word pollinator. because Kindergarten will be all day. because peers are good and we don’t have enough of them at home. because Henry can read short books like Sammy the Seal and [...]
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In Praise of School…
Posted in school on 08/11/2009 | 4 Comments »
Ack, the bus!
Posted in 3 boys, school, transitions on 09/18/2008 | 10 Comments »
The bus comes too early. It is in fact scheduled to come at 7:25 in the morning too early, but often arrives as late as 7:40. I find it very hard to motivate to be up and out for 7:25 with a decent chance of milling around in the chilly morning until 7:40. I’d prefer [...]
Flashback Friday: music school
Posted in I have a past, music, school, Thinker, thoughts on 05/23/2008 | 8 Comments »
I grew up in a college town. There I went to a pint sized prep school that had almost all the trimmings. It had a quirky artistic feel to it – perhaps brought forward to defend itself where it completely lacked in athletic prowess (meaning equipment, brawn, coaches, property…). Our school was, in fact, slowly [...]
Flashback Friday: music school
Posted in I have a past, music, school, Thinker, thoughts on 05/23/2008 | 8 Comments »
I grew up in a college town. There I went to a pint sized prep school that had almost all the trimmings. It had a quirky artistic feel to it – perhaps brought forward to defend itself where it completely lacked in athletic prowess (meaning equipment, brawn, coaches, property…). Our school was, in fact, slowly [...]
Second Class Citizens
Posted in 3 boys, Boyhood, girls, loss, other people, other people's children, school, stress on 01/22/2008 | 28 Comments »
(Disclaimer, I am 100% confident that many of you have or know lovely, charming, friendly girls out there. I’m just having a bit of a moment here. Pay no attention to my crisis if it offends you. Move along and don’t read it. That’s fine with me. I will get over it. I also know [...]
The week taken to bits, grand finale
Posted in fear, Goodness, making it home, school, tests, thoughts, to sleep... on 09/15/2007 | 10 Comments »
It is raining. Most of us our sick here. I found Henry asleep on the floor at 5 o’clock last evening. He had gripped several trains in his little hands. This morning at 6 he slept walked into my room, demanding paci, trains and music. He could not go back to sleep until he had [...]
The week in preview
Posted in batteries, fear, language development., school, thoughts on 09/09/2007 | 24 Comments »
Things I have not asked google: What it may mean that he dislike tags on his shirts, have hair cut, faced washed, fingernails cut, mouths objects, plays with mouth open, likes being hugged tight, dislikes loud or unexpected noises, avoids eye contact, cannot dress self, cannot pedal trike or car, holds neither pencil nor scissors, [...]
September
Posted in change, roundtables, school on 08/29/2007 | 22 Comments »
Today, in our new district, is the first day of school. My level of excitement is not unmatched by the impact this will have on me. In our family of 5, only one of us got on a school bus today, a tall third grader we call Thinker around here. On his back, a sized [...]
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