Posted on November 11, 2009 by childsplay
I’ve almost got the 2e Tuesday post written…but not quite…and Tuesday is quickly leaving me behind.
forgive me, dear readers, for I have lingered to long over my coffee cake:
and I did also try to find a little peace in a labyrinth:
alas, peace was not to be found there today.
And so then I spent [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2009 by childsplay
Colorado is having a tough time deciding what kind of weather we should have this fall. Last week we were hit by a snowstorm that dumped 2 feet of snow, leaving our halloween decorations very confused:
This week, the last couple days have been in the high 70’s, low 80’s, leaving me very confused but [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2009 by childsplay
For our latest Creative Math Club, Sonja (who I’m happy to say is rested and recovered from her family’s bout with the flu!) prepared some activities having to do with the Pythagorean Theorem. We geared this one towards the older set of kids, those between the ages of 10-15. We had an amazing [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2009 by childsplay
I’m working on my Math Monday post, in the meantime I thought I’d share that if you head on over to Shutter Sisters today, you’ll see my picture featured on their blog! I’ve been inspired by the Shutter Sister website and by the amazing women that form the Shutter Sisters group on Flickr, so [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2009 by childsplay
And I’m soooo not ready.
It’s just not right when Hubby has to shovel the sidewalk so trick or treaters can make it to our front door. It’s actually reminding me quite a bit of ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’.
We haven’t even carved pumpkins! In fact, I don’t even have pumpkins! All the [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2009 by childsplay
Every parent of a 2e or out of the box thinker should know the name Jonathan Mooney. Labeled with ADD, dyslexia and severe learning disabilities, he is, in fact, a 2e Out of the Box Thinker himself and he’s written two books on the subject: Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students With [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by childsplay
Not that I’ve been great at getting these out on Tuesday, anyway, but this week I was really trying hard!!
However, today I’ve been running around preparing for some nasty weather. And on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, nasty means we’re holed up in our house for the next few days, with or without [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2009 by childsplay
True Love
I love Coke. Especially Cherry Coke. I’m trying to cut back and drink more water…it’s smooth sailing until about 4:30 hits and I realize I still have 6 more hours of awake time where I need to cook, clean, read to kids, organize stuff, and all other manner of ‘awake time’ things. [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2009 by childsplay
I know this is Wednesday, but technically I started thinking about this post on Tuesday so it still qualifies.
I have an acrylic painting that Naturalist made for me when she was 8 and still in school, I keep it right by the stove in my kitchen. It’s a portrait of me, so [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 by childsplay
Yep, we’re still being square over here for Creative Math Club. We had a few new kids, so we basically just went back over how to find a square number using square pieces of paper (cut lovingly by moi the night before…it was a good excuse to get the super cool paper cutter from [...]
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