Culture Appreciation – Discovering

Lils is diving into the Stack the Countries game, which not only focuses on global location/geogrpahy, but also political facts, information, languages, and customs. For every 8 or so questions she answers accurately, she is awarded another country across the globe. So far, she has about 20 countries, giving her at least one within every continent. […]

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The Sleeping Time, Our New Traditions, The Eye of Horus, Little Women, & Advent

We’re embarking on our explorations of the Winter Solstice, Advent time, and how humans have experienced the natural Sleeping Time on our planet over the course of our existence. Last night, we watched the 1994 version of Alcott’s, “Little Women” together. Lily seemed to enjoy it, though it was a bit longer than her attention could […]

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Out of Africa, Or….

It started with the Croods… and then we watched a variety of videos (noted below) that explored the origins of humans, potential adaptations and various “types” of human through the last 40,000 years, and even explored a couple existing societies that we have collectively determined are the closest representations we presently have of a previous […]

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Tsankawi

And here was our afternoon… We talked about Africa, primarily Eastern Africa, and the region surrounding Kenya, where a friend Lily made last fall spends a fair portion of her time. We also read: We’re exploring these topics, specifically on a global perspective. She’s learned that 100 cents = 1 dollar, and we’re […]

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Female US Presidential Candidates – History

An ongoing discussion on politics, equality, and government… Female US Presidential Candidates Presidential candidates: party nominees[edit] Year Name Party Running Mate Votes Ballot Access 1872 Victoria Woodhull Equal Rights Party Frederick Douglass [1] 0 states 1884 Belva Ann Lockwood National Equal Rights Party Marietta Stow[2] 4,149 6 states [3] 1888 Belva Ann Lockwood […]

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Just Another Day to Cherish

Our yesterday, with the 7 year old: Breakfast over the Lego Movie in Hindi She built a snowcat while watching and eating, I worked on cleaning out our greenhouse/workshop and prepared the yard for the impending freeze. By 11am we were discussing the angles cut into pieces of wood (trim) that I was […]