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 […]
Relevance & Regret
This post is cross posted from my Childhood Revered site We educate our daughter independently, in a manner that is driven by her curiosity and interests. This method works beautifully because it inspires, encourages, and ignites her (and us), it also requires relevance be at the root of our activities, which means […]
Relevance & Regret
This post is cross posted from my Childhood Revered site We educate our daughter independently, in a manner that is driven by her curiosity and interests. This method works beautifully because it inspires, encourages, and ignites her (and us), it also requires relevance be at the root of our activities, which means […]
The Camera: All Because Lily Asked
Lily asked about the first “camera”… we learned about the history of the photographic creator, and are trying to create our own representation that we can then manually trace the image to preserve. Camera obscura An artist using an 18th-century camera obscura to trace an image Photographic cameras were a development of the camera obscura, […]
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 […]
Littlest Pet Shop – Visual Comparison
Lily found this great visual comparison game on LPS’s site. She gets a bit impatient, but seems to enjoy the challenge. The neurological development necessary to support this level of comparison intrigues me and I am looking for more information that describes what’s going on in the mind at this stage, to allow for […]
Yep, Nerd
She decided to be a nerd today, self proclaimed… The scientist, inventor has re-emerged, this time, a Lady in Red. Lily, er, Ms. Cecily, er, Lindsey, er, Merida….. Has developed a specific enjoyment and appreciation of that which she deems super scientifical, and beautiful. It’s amazing to see her develop this sense of herself. She […]
Tooth!
:)))))))))))))))))))) ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Russ Nixon <russ.nixon@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:02 AM Subject: This is too good! (in my drafts) To: Angeline Nixon <thecleverwind@gmail.com> HI FEREES I LOST MYTOOTH FROM MERIDA THE PRINSSSESS
Look It Up
This morning was full of firsts for Bugz. And to think, she spent the night with a fever… While we were making breakfast, she noticed a dead bug on the counter. I don’t know for sure what the insect was, or where it came from, but it was tiny and just sort of lying there […]
Is It A Moth, A Bird, or An Owl
Today I walked outside and found a little creature lying still in an open box on our driveway. It looked dead, but after studying it for a moment, the eyes appeared to have life in them still. So, I got Lily to come check it out and we used a piece of paper to move […]