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Mindlessly Understanding

They call it scripting. Parroting. Parroting is to repeat back mechanically what a person has just said. Mechanically. To … Continue Reading Mindlessly Understanding

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Lessons Learned

This is a direct link to where I post most often. It is where our lessons are stored. Lessons Learned

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Start Here

Adapting Education is where I store everything. If it’s not written down it is here. Most everything here is education … Continue Reading Start Here

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Apples

“Do apples turn into flowers, Mom?”

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I’ve watched her grow

I’ve watched her grow from learning how to swing to learning how to hold a pencil. Carefully treaded steps turned … Continue Reading I’ve watched her grow

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Joy

Joy is seeing joy. Watching joy unfold for the first time. That little piece of smile that happens with the … Continue Reading Joy

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A tire swing

I watch Lily approach the tire swing. From a tree hanging in the back yard it waits to … Continue Reading A tire swing

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Subjects

Additonal Lessons: Adapting Education

Work completed today included English revolving around the Houghton Mifflin English textbook. There is a matching workbook that we use alongside the text….I found that the girls do well with a standard textbook and we add other materials and ways to learn through general workbooks, internet based learning and Montessori style materials. Today’s focus was […]

Various Photography

Quick post of material

I’m adding photography which I may or may not have posted but just in case I’m posting it again. We’ve continued on working in our Spectrum test workbooks on Fridays to go over material learned during the week. We picked up some English testing workbooks and Math testing workbooks that are specific to our state […]