Category Archives: Education

Getting into the homeschooling groove

Posted on 5 December 2011 by

Since Marica started preschool two days a week last year, I have been doing some casual schoolwork with her at home. When the school year finished and we decided to school her at home rather than send her to yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Kids | 2 Comments

Preschool poetry

Posted on 5 May 2011 by

Last Friday, Marica’s preschool put on a poetry recital that parents were invited to. The kids had all worked hard at memorising the poems — they recited 3 poems and then sung Mary had a little lamb, and they did … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Weather | 1 Comment

How not to praise your kids

Posted on 14 April 2011 by

I just finished reading an online article by New York Magazine, How not to talk to your kids. It talked about a lot of research that has been done over the last few years about the effects of praise on … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Kids | 3 Comments

Calculus for three-year-olds

Posted on 12 October 2010 by

The other day Franci and I were talking about subjects we studied in high school, and Marica asked what “calculus” was. Franci said it was a type of maths (Marica’s been learning her written numbers). Marica of course replied that … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Kids | 8 Comments