I have zero, zip, nada, no talent or ability in the areas of painting, sketching, sculpturing or creating visual artwork in any form. Nevertheless, I love this chapter of Hidden Art. “Ideas carried out stimulate more ideas.” So true. My most recent obsession, other than watching K-dramas, is opening a small library for homeschoolers in …
Category Archive: Education and Homeschool
Mar 29
Carmen Christi
I thought I’d post a few times today and tomorrow about the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and what it means to me and to some of the authors and fictional and actual characters that I have on my bookshelves. I’m going to take turns blogging and house-cleaning and see how …
Jan 08
12 Projects for 2013
For several years now, I’ve been starting off the year with projects instead of resolutions. I don’t always complete my projects, but I enjoy starting them and working toward a goal. And I don’t feel guilty if I don’t finish. If I do finish, I feel a sense of accomplishment. Win-win. So, here are my …
Dec 12
12/12/12: Themes of My Life
These are the twelve themes or ideas or motifs that God has placed in my heart, and consequently the 12 Big Ideas that appear most often here on Semicolon. 1. Books. I have a houseful of books I read lots and lots of books, probably over 100 per year. I love books; I live inside …
May 23
The “B” Word, or Using Boredom to Educate
It’s almost summer, and maybe your urchins like mine have finished up most of their formal schoolwork for the year. And, maybe, just maybe, they’ve already used the dreaded B-word once or twice. “Mom! I’m bored! There’s nothing to do!” Usually, I threaten to find them something to do, and it is a threat. Scrubbing …
Sep 21
Wednesday’s Word of the Week: Pavid
My son says I’m obsessed with the game, Words With Friends (game name: SemicolonSherry). I wouldn’t put it quite that strongly, but I do have about twelve games going on my phone. My excuses are multitudinous: I keep my brain supple and exercise those brain cells that I still have left. I connect with people …
Sep 20
Reading about World War I
Nonfiction for children and young adults: Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy. World War I and the Christmas Eve, 1914 spontaneous cease-fire. Reviewed by Betsy at Fuse #8. The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman. Reviewed at Bookish Blather. Primary Source Accounts of World War I …
May 28
$500 Million to Fix Five Year Olds Who Can’t Sit Still
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the administration’s new $500 million early learning initiative is designed to deal with children from birth onward to prevent such problems as 5-year olds who “can’t sit still” in a kindergarten classroom. Maybe many, if not all, five year olds weren’t meant to …
Apr 27
Quotable
From a homeschooled student writing a research paper: “This complex topic was a lot less complex when I knew less about it.” Someone else on another homeschooling blog mentioned “the cover of The Teaching Home magazine,” and I immediately remembered all those covers from the 1980′s of beautiful homeschooling families wearing matching pastel colored outfits …
Mar 20
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow
Nominated for 2011 Cybil Awards, Young Adult Fiction category. Nominated by Lisa Jenn Bigelow. “Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can get into Berkeley to become a …
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