Intuitive Guide to Angles, Degrees and Radians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grad_(angle) It’s an obvious fact that circles should have 360 degrees. Right? Wrong. Most of us have no idea why there’s 360 degrees in a circle. We memorize a magic number as the “size of a circle” and set ourselves up for confusion when studying advanced math or physics, with […]
7th Time Around the Sun
This is the first post of a few, I imagine, in the series of our trip to Ontario, New England, the Midwest, and WV & KY. The first three weeks of October this year were spent traveling through our country and Canada. We covered over 5000 miles in two weeks. We made new friends, experienced cultural […]
Barbie?
From Bethany Sells, FB – Whole Life Unschooling: “People with daughters, discuss barbies, monster high, bratz, etc and body image. Thank you.” A tough and significant topic for me… Lily and I have had many conversations about this one.. I had barbies. I had good examples. I had supportive parents and friends. I didn’t start to look […]
The Year She's Carved Out
This is the first year Lils has had refined enough motor skills to manage the various tools necessary to carve a pumpkin independently. How excited she was yesterday, and again today, as she got to tell her friend all about her carving adventure. Last night she came bopping down the stairs, pumpkin in arms, lit and […]
Relevance in Learning
A friend posted the following (segment) on his FB page, and it generated an enjoyable conversation between Cecily and I this morning. Thierry Billette “Yesterday, I went to Savers, and bought a TI-84 Plus–a graphing calculator. $5.99. New, it costs around $125… Just now I am updating it with the latest OS, which the previous […]
While in Los Alamos
We spent last week in Los Alamos, NM while Russ worked on a few sites, and spent half his time in Taos. We explored the city via their Atomic City Transit system, which is absolutely lovely. We rode the circuit around town, then out to White Rock, then back and continued on foot. We visited […]
On Electronic Media and the Jicarilla Apache
Perhaps I’m in the current trend minority, but I don’t see any benefit to limiting electronics access. Here’s my experience: By 14 months old, as a result of the screen, various devices, and my engaged involvement with my daughter, she was fluent in ASL, had 700+ signs, and the words (verbally) to go with them. […]
I Think Being an Author is awesome!
She has now written four books, the latest entitled, “Popcornland”. We ventured into binding books today… Oh, the excitement and draw of a few blank pages.
Cecily, the Author
Watch out MO!! Lily’s on the trail! – Rebecca Lily decided yesterday, after playing the Stickman game (browser version), to write her first book, “A Big Hotdog”! Today, she wrote her second book, “A Mermaid”. Both are of her “Stickman” series.
First Tangible Letter – Mailed
Lils brought this picture she created for her grandma to me today, folded in an envelope, hoping to send it off to Denver (where Grandma lives). I worked with her to create a second envelope for mailing, as her first had her image folded into a fully 4 dimensional object. I explained the machines, sorting, […]