Category: education

Homeschooling–Captain’s Log Day 1
education . family . motherhood . texasWe did some language arts this morning. How I wish I could just be like “Read for an hour” while I go screw around on my laptop and maybe answer an email. That wouldn’t work. They need more structure than that. It went well for Jackson. He read for a solid thirty minutes than did Read More

Some musings on writing and teaching in 2018 & some goals for 2019
education . freelance writing . motherhood . workReflecting on my writing and teaching in 2018 and looking forward at 2019 goals. Read More

I started this blog post with the last writing prompt and never finished it. I blame the writing prompts. Ha. Anyway, we are on our last writing prompt now and I thought I’d throw it up on the blog… So, my second-grader has been assigned the first of many, many writing assignments he will complete Read More

The “Jesus was an American” Assembly
education . family . motherhood . texasI haven’t written about Darcy’s new preschool yet. And because she really loves her teacher and the school is such a sweet place I’ve stayed away from writing anything that—while I would mean it as humorous cultural commentary—would come off as hurtful. Truly, it’s a lovely little school. Let me just set the scene Read More
My dentist, book clubs, and Jump Rope for the Heart
education . family . health . motherhood . texas . UncategorizedI’ll be honest. This post is just one big lead up to how much I dislike Jump Rope for the Heart. I went to the dentist yesterday. I love the office but they are a chatty bunch. The dentist, Dr. Rooster-in-the-hen-house, is a friendly, older man with a sanguine face and a deep abiding respect Read More
Helping Your Middle School Student with his/her failing grades [FULL TEXT]
education . freelance writing . motherhoodOriginally published on March 30, 2017 in On Parenting, the Lifestyle section of the Washington Post. It needed trimming for WaPo but I wanted to put the full text on my site. It was really well received and even tweeted by the National Council for Teachers of English & Dad 2.0 Summit. So it’s the Read More
I was never a podcast person. I barely even listen to talk radio on the morning commute. Listening–in the car, at the gym, around the house–is for music. But that all changed when I started listening to Serial, a podcast by This American Life that took my facebook feed (and the iTunes charts) by storm. Read More
Archives
- December 2020
- September 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- September 2019
- April 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- January 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- October 2015
- July 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- March 2013
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- August 2011
- December 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
Categories
Calendar
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
« Dec | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |