Lesson Plan: Using Obama’s Speech to Teach, er um, Learn

Setting the (insane) controversy aside, I am going to have Katie watch and listen to Obama’s speech tomorrow. We won’t be realtime because I have to work all day, but we will watch the recording together and then we’ll do a little bit more. Typically, during any show, we pause the action a lot (thank… More Lesson Plan: Using Obama’s Speech to Teach, er um, Learn

Home School Orientation: So That’s Where All the Smart Women Went!

Today was kind of the “first day of school” if there is such a thing for home school. We went over to the school for orientation – to figure out how things work, to get our personal “consultant” and to meet new families. Katie had a mind meld with one of the consultants and I… More Home School Orientation: So That’s Where All the Smart Women Went!