July 27, 2026

Category: A Mind Wide Open

A Mind Wide Open, Lils, Playing

Worksheets vs Real Life

We calculated the amount of weight the bricks on our chimney actually total this morning. See image, you’ll see the problem. Lily pushes back pretty hard when asked to do mathematic calculations, but she does work through them with me. Our discussion of which she would prefer, figuring out stuff that matters to our life […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Lils, Playing

Himalayan Salt

Lils and I just had a conversation about salt, monks, receding seas, erupting mountain ranges, culture, tradition, social choice, political boundaries and country formation (Tibet), and chemical reactions (alkaline based, in particular).

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A Mind Wide Open, Lils, Playing

Site Word, Shmite Words

​So, we’ve been talking about checking levels for sight reading and Lils sits somewhere about the 9-10th year lists. I think this is a better idea than any of the lists I’ve seen so far. 😉 Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation.I will teach you in my verseSounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.I […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Lils, Playing

Site Word, Shmite Words

​So, we’ve been talking about checking levels for sight reading and Lils sits somewhere about the 9-10th year lists. I think this is a better idea than any of the lists I’ve seen so far. 😉 Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation.I will teach you in my verseSounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.I […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Lils, Playing

This Year

So much has happened in the last year, and I’ve not chosen to give much focus to writing here, but rather have kept a video and image log. I will begin creating posts from these as the demand for my arms, and one handed typing decreases in the coming months. Here’s a quick blurb from […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Astronomy, Beautiful Curiosity, Broadening of Mind, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Context Comprehension, Creative Solution Generation, Engineering, How We Learn Best, Knowledge Base Expansion, Language, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Movement & Coordination, Pattern Recognition, Physics, Playing, Questions from Lily's Brain

Grandparents, Gravity, Goodies, and Dessine

Will complete this entry when I have the mind to get all the images together.   Tinker Crate with Grandpa – they did the fiber optics constellations and the defy gravity game Grandpa tuned the piano and Lily has become fascinated with not only playing but watching the mechanics. Today she stated she’s going to […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, Broadening of Mind, Confidence, Developing Self, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Lils, Self Awareness, Self Esteem, Self Management

The 5 Emotions, So Far….

In wrapping up the depression that set in for Lily during the month of February, which was relieved by a bottle of oils (empowering her to provide herself a calming stimulant), Russ and I sorting through some rather tough stuff, some candid discussions with her about sympathetic symptoms and experiences – and differentiation between her […]

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