Recent Posts Tagged With 'education'

• Aw, Shucks

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 05:07 in education, parenting, photos, food and drink, our family story

  Friday has been Carrie's favorite day for quite a while now. Last year at her old school she had show and tell on Friday, as did Jacob and Pearl, her favorite classmates. This year she goes to a school that......

• Sometimes You Ask Yourself...

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 07:39 in education, lesbian, parenting, milestones, our family story

  How did we get here? Tonight was the first parent night at Pearl's new school, so Marcia and I both attended, and Marty the babysitter came to hang out with Pearl and Carrie. We are delighted with all the people......

• School is Cool, but Fred is Dead

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 22:34 in education, books, pets, our family story

  [Warning: Headline contains spoilers!] Pearl cried when Marcia left her in the kindergarten classroom this morning, and although I didn't ask, it seems somewhat possible that Marcia shed a tear herself. But when she picked Pearl up this afternoon, sh...

• Kindergarten Begins for Pearl

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 12:31 in education, houston, milestones, our family story

  Here are pictures of Pearl's first moments in kindergarten. Pearl's classmate Nathan shares a funny book. (Thanks, Diana, for taking these photos. We forgot our camera.)...

• Float Like a Cannonball!

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 09:52 in sports, education, video

  Here are two quick clips from Pearl and Carrie's last swim lesson of the summer. You can see what they've learned. The cannonball activity that Carrie does is actually a float test. She passed....

• Question of the Day: Kindergarten

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 06:15 in education, storytelling, question, milestones

  Since Pearl starts kindergarten next week, we've been thinking a lot about our early school experiences. What do you remember about kindergarten?...

• Dodge Rambler

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 11:59 in travel, education, houston, milestones, our family story

  1. Pearl starts kindergarten in one week! Pearl starts kindergarten in one week! Pearl starts kindergarten in one week! I'm hyperventilating. Is this for real? 1.5. Both girls will be at new schools. Also they will not be at the......

• Swimming Lessons

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 15:25 in sports, education, video, our family story

  This morning Marcia taught at the hospital, and I took Pearl and Carrie to swimming lessons. It was my first time. I was impressed with how much the girls have improved, even in the past week or so. (video =......

• Swim Lessons

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 06:40 in sports, education, photos, our family story

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• Doodling 101 (Oh to be a Kid Again!)

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 07:14 in art, education, books, our family story

  Are you familiar with the Taro Gomi coloring books? There's a series of them. This one, Doodles, is Pearl's first. Each page spread has an unfinished picture and the sentence at the top contains a suggestion of how the child......

• Pearl's First Writing Camp

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 23:39 in education

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• Carrie's First Writing Camp

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 22:35 in education

  Some art and writing from Carrie (age 3): Apologies for my sloppy scanning!...

• "The Magic Lantern"

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 21:35 in education, houston, wits, summer creative writing workshops

  Pearl and Carrie and friends wrote and performed a play called "The Magic Lantern" at Writing Camp this summer. Carrie played a cheetah, and Pearl was a puppy.This is Pearl waiting to make her first entrance. Carrie made a costume......

• Question of the Day: What Would Make School Cool?

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 in education

  Today on Big Window, I posted some pictures on innovation school architecture. So today's question is about school. If you could design a school, how would you set it up? Who would be the teachers? How would the children learn?...

• More about Dictation with Preschoolers

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 22:26 in education

  Pearl and Carrie are going to writing camp this summer. For children ages 3-6, dictation is a big part of the learning process. Last month I did a post about how we record Pearl's stories at home. I thought I'd......