Yet One More Reason to Read Aloud to the Kids
... Tom Parker, former admissions director at Williams College and now at Amherst College, tells parents who ask about improving their child's SAT scores, "The best SAT-preparation course in the world is to read to your children in bed when they're little. Eventually,...
April Shower of Photos, Day 2
Galanthus nivalis
April Shower of Photos, Day 1
I am late joining the party, but here goes: So glad I took this pic (which was difficult to start with -- there was a slight breeze and the camera. just. won't. focus. on. the.stamen. Oh well.) -- all three crocuses were gone the next day -- *something* ate them....
Hah.
Now I can go back to 8th grade with confidence LOL. But I hope they don't make me take the 9th grade test... [shudder]
Latin Study Resources
The Latin and Greek Study Groups - just join a group and start translating!! the Latin Study list The Vulgate Translation group, which uses the Vatican Vulgate Wheelock's Latin Audio Files -- note: does not use ecclesiastical pronunciation Latin Vocabulary at Quia
Cardinal
spotted by migi as we were having lunch on 08 march. i must have taken 30 shots or so and this was the only one that was halfway decent -- the branches kept moving and it was so hard to focus! isn't he beautiful?
California, Homeschooling, Unalienable Rights
For Aisa, American Government credits, discussion, possible paper... the 4Real thread that has all the links but I'd like you to read this one at least: Homeschooling and Constitutional Rights Much food for thought, huh.
Links and a Recipe
Baby Poems over at Martha's, Yes They're All Ours! The American Mathematics Competitions MathCounts Latin Spell Checker Catholic Music Network Spirit and Song Why Eating a Big Mac is Cheaper than Eating a Salad Latin Altar Card (pdf file) Altar Cards in Word format...
This Morning’s Language Lesson
Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location New Dictionary Highlights Nazi Words to Avoid (what do you think about the comment on the Catholic Church, Ais?) Word by word, tribes begin to find their voice Retired Teacher Reveals He Was Illiterate Until Age 48...
Decluttering, Again
Image: Sarah Brown It's the Third Week of Lent, and we have not made much progress on our goal to PURGE, PURGE, PURGE. We have so much STUFF! We've been here two years, and I can't really make the excuse anymore that we've been moving, this is our 9th home in 18+...
Learning the Liturgy of the Hours
One of the things I promised myself to do this Lenten season is to learn how to pray the Divine Office. As a poorly catechized Catholic, I still get things mixed up, so I *think* the Divine Office is the same as the Liturgy of the Hours, and the Breviary, but please...
Another MHBB possibility
Anne in Oz keeps her hubby healthy with these herby salads. I've seen many of these mentioned in Prescription for Nutritional Healing so I'm trying to grow some of them again this year, but I was unsure how exactly to use them fresh. Now I don't have to wonder, as...
MHBB 07 February 2008
1 and 2. Rice noodles tossed with Szechwanese meat sauce (leftover from Fat Tuesday) 3. pineapple chunks 4. sliced apples
MHBB for 04 Feb 08
1. Leftover chili from Superbowl Sunday Dinner 2. Rice 3. Carrot sticks and apple slices 4. Mixed greens with apricot-apple cider dressing
Ground Meat Recipes
One of the moms at 4Real asked for ground beef recipes, so I thought I'd put several simple ones here -- not really recipes but more like guides. We've been having more ground meat lately because they made up the bulk of the grass-fed beef we had ordered from Grass...