Sep. 15, 2005
20 years & 20 languages
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Wow.
We just finished studying about Noah Webster in history. I wish I
had the time to make a unit study out of *everything,* because that is
where my heart lies. I'm not sure the kids grasped the magnitude
of what it meant for NW to write the first American dictionary.
The man studied and learned from 20 different languages in order to
complete this task. A task that took him almost 20 years!
Now there's an example of dedication! The kids did think this was an
enormously long time, but I don't know that it'll sink in until later
in life. Today, Edge was supposed to be working on a book report for the book he just finished reading. I don't require pages and pages of reporting from him and I don't even want a "formal" report. I just want him to be able to summarize and highlight main points from what he reads. He visibly drooped when I told him about this book report, since writing (i.e. penmanship, not the words part) is not his favorite thing to do. Then I decided that he could use the computer and he was actually excited about it lol. It's not like he needs even more practice with handwriting. He has HW every day, he writes in his Language book, he write in his "Just Write" book (learning how to write), etc. And seeing his demeanor change from "droopy and depressed" to "excited and animated" was worth it. Plus, I will count that as his typing for the day. He really loves typing and gets a big kick out of Mavis Beacon  . Brynn surprised me today. We had a history test and I usually go through it with her. She had a matching section and she picked the wrong answer for something. I didn't say anything, but she got a couple of questions down and went "Wait a minute. I'm so silly!" She cracked me up when she said that, because she laughed at herself. She realized her mistake and corrected it. I was completely expecting her to just get two things wrong (because of mixing up the matching), because this has happened before with her. If she's already selected something, she won't even consider it as a possibility for the remaining things. So this was a big deal to me that she figured out that it was wrong and went back and fixed it. Yesterday, we had a great time at the library and I found out that there is a 30 minute story time for Nikol's age on Wednesdays! Since Wednesday is the day I've been going every week anyway, I'll just adjust my time of day and go during the story time. If he is occupied w/that, it'll make it easier to keep an eye on the other two while they're getting their books. Plus, I think he'll really like it. Today, Nikol was reenacting the "rope and mark a pig" scene from Old Yeller. He was sitting on one of our kitchen stools and had a long red shoelace that he somehow had a circle tied in (??) and was totally into the whole scene. He is soooo Mr. Drama in more ways than one. When he was 2.5, he was very into the Disney Davy Crockett movie. He had a fake coonskin cap that used to be E's and would wear that all the time. One day, I was in the bathroom and he burst in through the door in his diaper, cowboy boots, t-shirt and coonskin cap (this was shortly before he potty-trained) and marched up to me with a very serious expression. He grabs my hand, shakes it firmly and vigorously a couple of times and says "Good seein' you again Crockett!", wheels around on his boot heel and marches out of the bathroom. Maybe you had to be there, but that was one of the funniest things ever. I hope I never forget that one. |
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Sep. 16, 2005 - Hi Amy...
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