I read a remarkable article (and by remarkable I mean, written about some incredibly self-deluded and weird people) the other day from the Guardian, an English source that I occasionally see links to.https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/25/american-pronatalists-malcolm-and-simone-collins Although the story is from an English journalist, it was about an American couple with three children, living in the country. They [...]
Games people play
I’ve been playing games with two young children and it has been quite entertaining. We play Uno and Hive and Labyrinth, along with a version of Go Fish. They are sharks. They also love to gang up on me even if it means they forget to strategize about each other. The five-year old has made [...]
A picture is worth a thousand words, right?
What I've been doing this week, without a proper pattern for it... I'm creating my own because there isn't one available for what I want. Front Back
More about How People Learn
I liked Daniel Willingham as preparation for trying to teach in school. Before that I read John Holt (but I don’t remember which books) a homeschooling guru. He believed children should learn by seeing and doing. He believed in showing children a lot of tools and processes. My favorite John Holt story was about his [...]
Holiness — every day
Years ago, when I was working on a book about Catholic scientists, I read about Pope Sylvester II, (1000 A.D.) who introduced Arabic numerals to the West. Then I read about Leonardo Bonaci, aka Fibonacci (~1200 A.D.) who introduced Arabic numerals to the West. Then I read about Leonardo Da Vinci (~ 1500 A.D.) who [...]
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