[For the overachievers among us.]

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/16/modern-art-desserts-caitlin-freeman/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer06d67&utm_medium=twitter

[Homeschooling meets Minimalism - You know who you are....]

You asked, "So, if you hate, truly despise, STUFF, how do you minimize?"

 

My answer? Get an iPad.

[Learning history through music? Does this exist?]

There's an outline that touches this idea in WTM. Combines music & art with history timelines.

[Stanford Math Course coming, anyone else interested?]

Just throwing this out there from the graphs origins.

http://www.projecttalent.org/

 

Not intended to derail or whatever. Carry on...

[Artists & Composers, did you study? Late Grammar/Early Logic stage]

This is one of the projects on my table right now. Beyond the recommendation of materials & scope of the WTM book, do you have any thoughts to add on putting it together? We are doing Modern history for this portion as well.

[x/p Stressed out? Watch this-lol]

It's performance art Monica..sort of in the Laurie Anderson vein. :)

[rotfl]

Admit it, you wanna watch it twice for all the stuff you missed on the first run. LOL

[x/p Stressed out? Watch this-lol]

[rotfl]

[Educating the logic years using the Four Hallmarks of Jesuit Pedagogy]

http://www.rockhurst.edu/media/filer_private/uploads/ignatian_pedagogy_a_practical_approach.pdf

 

http://www.jesuitalumni.org/est/doc/chara-en.pdf

[5th Grade WTM History Notebook]

You can do it by introduction of people in the spine to keep it basic.

 

If they go off on a rabbit trail and get into a bio, add it if you like.

 

Homeschool in the Woods has an excellent CD set for this, or you can make your own.

 

PS: I always have supplemented intentionally on this to include female figures. That's just me..

 

PPS: you can always do a timeline in book form as well. :)

[Why can't I make myself just sit down and READ?]

I know this is counter intuitive in some regards, but try reading the Well Educated Mind (different than The Well Trained Mind). It deeply and elegantly describes deep reading practices.

 

It's one of those life changing things.

[Limits of Physics article]

Lots of good stuff to read in this article. I recognized Margaret's name right away from the infamous TED talk on coral reefs.

 

Sorta hard to forget some place called, "The Institute of Figuring". Has a rather mythical ring to it and all.

 

http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/margaret-wertheim-the-limits-of-physics/

 

Quite a few memorable references in it, some of it very David Duetsch'ish like. He's quite the dude. :)

[Magazine article for mathy <3 people.]

That business about psycho intervention during life events was rather.... 1984'ish

[Stanford Math Course coming, anyone else interested?]

Mathwonk, I believe this course is being discussed in other sections of the board as well - lots of folks are viewing it.

 

Was it the first video she mentions that 20K have signed up for this course?

 

Here is another thread which it is being discussed on a sub forum for K-8 here: (mathwonk, you may find some of this discussion interesting also)

 

http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/480900-stanford-math-course-what-are-you-learninggoing-to-do-differently-for-math/

[Is Google broke?]

Laughing, I'm just kidding around. I abbreviate it by mistake all the time...

[Is Google broke?]

I put WTM in the search bar and it took me to some stock update page. Stupid Google.

[Magazine article for mathy <3 people.]

Eagle, did it cross your mind while reading the UPS story stuff to stay out of their way when you see them on the road?

[Magazine article for mathy <3 people.]

http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/unhappy-truckers-and-other-algorithmic-problems

 

Good stuff.

[Stanford Math Course: What are you learning/going to do differently for math?]

I actually dreamed about The Lament last night. Not like that had any impact on me, right? lol

[Are you accomplishing what you wanted this summer?]

It's very light work here. I have several things planned for fall, and each day we take a little run at intro and practice for fall things. Nothing heavy, just exposure to materials is all.

 

These are things that should we bomb or change come fall, we can jump into full speed.

 

The only thing that is full speed is reading I should say, that just gets done without any planning around here.

[Ugh! Meet the teacher night was a huge bust!]

Heather, try to keep in mind that the commitment there isn't permanent. If he starts, try to make pals and talk with the other parents, trade phone numbers and all that good stuff. Is there any way you can do a little extra on site at the school, like an after school club? If not, could you do something at home or in town with a small group of kids?

 

Are you planning on carrying on your materials at home in any structured sort of plan?

[Stanford Math Course coming, anyone else interested?]

I sent Mathwonk a PM. I'll try to find his email addy at UofG.

[Stanford Math Course coming, anyone else interested?]

We need Mathwonk.

[School's just about a month away and I'm starting to worry . . . or something]

You absolutely can toss the calendar in a PS attending plan. I do.

 

I admit it's a very foreign mindset, but it works here.

 

The other side of the toss is to really, really look deeply at the PS year and plan around the open spaces, which there are zillions of.

 

Of the 180 days which school is in session (legalistically) - 115 days of that year are free game, and they break down into six distinct and very easily adapted categories for home study as well for us.