Japan, washed away in a moment of massive energy liberation due to the same. Take a pencil, bend from both ends. Watch… it will break. The earth is no different… but try to explain the shifting of chunks of ground, pressing against each other to the point where they start to bend and eventually break, […]
Patterns In Nature: A Wasp's Creativity
We are using this (below) as inspiration to explore the patterns found in, and created by nature. Lily will generate her own something (yet to discover what she intends to create), and we’ll see what she uses to make whatever pattern she decides upon. Lily’s perception of the following images, consecutively, are: Spider Web Honey […]
Is it a Paper Wasp, Hornet, or Something Else??
We found this nest in the garage, inside a cabinet. How long it was there before we located it, I have no idea… but it was interesting to dissect. We learned about the difference between hornets, wasps in general, what a Paper Wasp is and how it is actually quite beneficial, sand wasps, […]
Is it a Paper Wasp, Hornet, or Something Else??
We found this nest in the garage, inside a cabinet. How long it was there before we located it, I have no idea… but it was interesting to dissect. We learned about the difference between hornets, wasps in general, what a Paper Wasp is and how it is actually quite beneficial, sand wasps, […]
Physics Anyone?
Open to suggestions as we begin to learn about the physics of magnets, gravity, mass, molecules, force, space, and dimension. She will explain gravity and has shown an awareness of the principles associated with gravity, mass, balance, and force, so I think it’s time we start playing around a bit. This is one area my […]
Anatomy Answering Session
I don’t usually have a chance to capture the interactions with Lily, unless it’s her idea or she doesn’t know about it. Today she acquiesced. While what follows is just her answering me, not initiating as such (though she initiated the activity originally), there are often times when she begins to talk and inevitably teach those […]
Fairy Octaves
I’m still working to complete this entry… but figured I should post it before I forget, as she’s already moved on to more development related to this topic. ________________ Lils sat down to the keys today with her baby doll, Vidia, and started to play. She focused on two octaves, c3 – c5, and […]
Self Directed? A Slight Bit Perhaps
Bugz has taken to dressing herself almost exclusively now. That generally means as some character either from her imagination or from some external source she’s taken a liking to. Today she was a purple wind fairy. She ate breakfast with us, and then disappeared to her room. About 40 minutes later, she emerged, dressed, and […]
What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up?
Taking this from a FB posting… Thierry says to Ray: I have read your comments on someone else’s wall about graphing calculators. I am of a “in between” generation: I have never had a slide rule–too young–and never had a graphing calculator–too old. That being said, I am a geek, and thought at some point […]
Singling Bowls
That’s what she thinks it is, anyway. Got this today for $.25 (yes, that was twenty-five cents) at the local thrift! Woohoo! Anyone care to take a gander at the amount of learning, discovery, and development is going on here? Lily has learned to click it, whack it with the mallet, and is trying to […]