July 27, 2026

Category: Broadening of Mind

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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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Broadening of Mind, Bugz & Her Explorations, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Ecology, Forming Complex Questions, Lils, Physics, Science Discoveries

Cloud Seeding

We have begun our day with a few subjects, ranging from the concept of the kobayashi maru exercise and politics, to the value of independent thought and questioning, to challenging status quo and “how we’ve always done it/thought about it”, to cloud seeding. Warm seeding Cold seeding The question we now have is, if the water […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Algebra, Art, Astronomy, Atomical Explorations, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Broadening of Mind, Bugz & Her Explorations, Cosmology, Exploration, Forming Complex Questions, Lils, Look for Learning, Math Discoveries, Theoretical Physics

MinutePhysics

Our new favorite site and Youtube channel: MinutePhysics Today, so far, we’ve watched all the following videos. She’s now playing Minecraft, and I get to sit back and wait until she starts regurgitating what we’ve just watched. This is one of the most enjoyable aspects of educating her as we do – being present when, after […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Broadening of Mind, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Context Comprehension, Decimal, Energy & Motion - Integrated Learning Permanence, Equivalents, Fraction, From the Mama, Lils, Math Discoveries, Mental Arithmetic Processing, Numeracy, Pattern Recognition, Percentage, Reasoning, Values Associated with Placement

Decimals and Their Equivalents

This post goes to, and is filed with tags related to focus, attention, frustration, and the simple concept that unless we begin to condition our youngest ones from the very beginning to be willing to comply with the forced parameters we tend to identify with conventional schooling, it seems attempting to integrate even a small […]

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