Monthly Archives: May 2011

    Are you looking for something to study for a mom scholar phase this summer? This sounds so cool. It’s from my friend Andrea Rice over at http://abigailadamsacademy.com. I am really wanting to do this!   Here’s her description: … Continue reading →

Here’s a photo montage of the homebirth of my friend who I met through my sister-in-law. It’s beautiful! Enjoy!  

Here’s a new Jon Schmidt tune that is soooo totally inventive, fabulous, and  lovely I want to cry and dance at the same time. You’re gonna love it…  

My friend Michelle Stone appears in the above video. She takes the Thomas Jefferson Education phases of learning (seasons of learning) and expands their meaning with spiritual names. It’s a fascinating lecture. There’s not much how-to in it, it’s all reasons … Continue reading →

  We had a great conference call with Tiffany Earl yesterday about homeschooling your teenager. I followed the instructions to record it but for some reason it did not record. I am really sorry about that. I am still figuring … Continue reading →

Whew, we got the three oldest off this morning to Shakespeare Showdown, a 2 day camp where TJED-based commonwealth schools get together to show off the Shakespeare plays that they have learned to perform. This is the first year that … Continue reading →

So I read the article by Keri Tibbetts’ on Parenting at http://headgates.org/resources/. I found myself agreeing with all of it, I think. I skimmed it really, and will give it a more thorough reading to see for sure if I … Continue reading →

(The following pictures are from my son’s Shakespeare play, Midsummer’s Night Dream, that he and his TJED-based Shakespeare class performed last week. It was terrific!)   It’s amazing how sometimes you think about stuff and then you attract more of … Continue reading →

I will be hosting a teleconference call with Tiffany Earl, the coauthor with Oliver DeMille of The Student Whisperer. Tiffany is the mother of four children, the oldest of which is attending college. She has graduated with bachelor’s degrees and … Continue reading →

I think it all started with Mother’s Day, the day after my youth conference. Only two of my children gave me presents, and one was from nursery so it wasn’t thought out by him. It doesn’t count. My nine-year-old gave … Continue reading →