December 2007 - Posts
I had not even heard of Hannah Montana until about a month ago. She is obviously very popular with young girls and their mothers. A recent concert in a city near us created quite a stir. There were pictures in the paper and an article showing girls and
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Holidays show up even when we are not ready for them. This was the case for me this year. After all of the wrapping and cooking, we visited my son's church for a beautiful candlelight service. Even my grandsons had their little candles in their hands
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Back in the "old" days, it was common practice to have students memorize large amounts of material. How could I know that whole segments would stay with me for years to come? I have thought of many of Robert Frost's poems over the years. One of my teachers
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My sister sent me this guess your number game and asked me how I thought it worked. It actually didn't work for me the first time, but being a determined person, I tried it again, and felt so much better that it worked the second time. At least she will
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I was reading Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk blog today and found a link to this rather unusual test to see if you are right brained or left brained . I'm not sure how accurate this test is, but it is more fun than some of the other brain related tests I've
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My three year old grandson is in the "Why?" stage. He asks it in such a meaningful way that I find myself giving him reasons for just about everything. To him, it doesn't seem to be just a way to respond to something. He genuinely seems interested in
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Students hear a lot about the good old days. Candy bars were only a nickel, phone calls cost a dime, and people bought new cars for under $5,000. Things were grand, or were they? Property handed down in our family made me stop and remember the good old
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How much help should parents give their children with homework? Should homework be the focus of every evening after school? Over the Thanksgiving break I asked a young mom visiting from Illinois how things were going with her kids. She laughed and said
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