Surround Sound Education
My kids received this CD collection for Christmas from their grandmother (at our behest). There are 18 of them and each one covers the life and music of a different [...]
Sudbury Valley – The UnSchool
Now I don't endorse this type of school, because I believe it creates a fantasy world for children; and because it separates them from the real world of family (parents) [...]
Marva Collins’ Secret
I just read and thoroughly enjoyed - Marva Collins' Way. Marva was a teacher who achieved amazing things with underprivileged children in Chicago. Watch the clips: Her secret? Well [...]
More Festive Poetry
Emboldened by the success of their Thanksgiving Day poetry presentation... I decided to ramp it up for Christmas! I gave John a longer poem (544 words) and we only worked [...]
The Best Educational Board Games
Reading, Phonics, Vocabulary Bananagrams. My HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION. There's just so much educational power in these tiles - and that's for students ages 3-103! This game is sooooo much better [...]
Raising Bibliophiles
That's the status of our library account right now! We almost never have fewer than 60 books checked out. 8-10 of them are *parental* and the rest are the [...]
Holiday Poetry
We spent about 2.5 weeks on this one, practicing here and there in the car: And actually we never had them recite it *together* until that official turkey day presentation. [...]
Give Me The Microphone!
Last week there was a *History Fair* in Manhattan for kids educated outside the system. Since it was the first one we went to, I had no idea how it [...]