I have been enjoying the DVD series “Teaching the Classics” by Adam and Missy Andrews. It is training for parent teachers, or anyone who is interested, to use the Socratic method to facilitate literary analysis of any story, by any student. Most of the material is familiar to me, but Andrew’s presentation is so concise…
Since my 15 year old is working her way through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I have had the pleasure to watch these movies with her in the order that they were released, without months or years in between. As I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War back to back, I was struck with…
Let’s read a short book. Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea is perfect for poolside or beach chair reading. Hemingway is the master of writing stories where not much happens, yet it keeps you turning page after page. He says so much with so few words. He seems Dicken’s polar opposite. There is a…
On our recent trip to New York City we visited the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). As big fans of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) I was surprised at Sunshine Doll’s request to go to MoMA instead (or Mooma as she previously thought it was called). She had studied the art movements in…
To Kill A Mockingbird. Time to pull it off the shelf and take another look. It is not only history, it is a timely look at racial tension and understanding. It is a beautiful coming of age story and a story of justice, a lack of justice, and doing the right thing. As we follow…
I’ve just returned from a wonderful vacation, if you are wondering why you haven’t heard from me in a few weeks. First we went to the FPEA (Florida Parent Educator’s Association) Convention, then an exciting trip to NYC, Cape Cod, and Boston, which I will write about next time. Right now I want to talk…
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to refresh and renew ourselves with some straight talk, some shiny, new resources still shrink wrapped and smelling like the printing press, and a few days away from home. This year we are privileged to have almost all of our co-op moms attending! Here are my tips,…
Self-Reliance is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is a quick, easy, less than an hour read. It is an American classic and worth the time to take a look at. Early in the essay Emerson celebrates the spirit of independence and trusting our own instincts: “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron…
If you thought that title means that my brain is a bit fuzzy since giving birth to my Rainbow baby – well, it is, but that is not what I am writing about today. I don’t know how I can write about the absence of something. Something I miss dearly and hope will return to…
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