Yeah Write #75: Pretty Boys and Handsome Girls ( #amwriting #nonfiction )
“I hope he doesn’t get called a girl too often…I can see why it would bother him.” The text hit my gut. On my baby’s first day of Kindergarten, the … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #13: Supporting Math Curriculum That Scares You
I’ve discussed my math history in past posts and explained the importance of math sense . Many of us adults can do steps without ever knowing how or why we … Continue reading
Musings #35: The True Story of Santa (#ibelieveinsanta)
Seven. That’s the age I knew, through evidence analysis, that Santa wasn’t real in a singular way. I let go of a lot of things, but that pipe-smoking, jolly, old … Continue reading
Musings #33: Where is the Whimsy in Our Boys?
My daughter’s school is celebrating the last week with a different dress theme every day. This morning my silly girl happily put on a Hawaiian shirt, big clip-on flowers in … Continue reading
What’s Up Doc #17: Chores and Bikes
I am still alive despite the cobwebs all up in here! My husband was out of state for a week, we spent four days painting gazebo fencing by hand, I’ve … Continue reading
Yeah Write #37: Missing the Bus (#nonfiction)
When I was in sixth grade, I had an opportunity to attend a special fall program at another school. It would have required me to take the bus once a … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #11: Subtraction Without Borrowing – Partial Differences (Negatives and Positives)
I hated math in school. It gave me a lot of stress and anxiety. Dear Mrs. Morris (my first grade teacher) wrote on one of my official assessments that I … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #10: Subtraction Without Borrowing – The Nines Plus 1 (Number Sense)
My mother-in-law wanted my husband to hang up a picture. When she couldn’t find the hammer she brought a ping-pong paddle. We all laughed. After a time searching, she produced … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #9: New Math Reassurance for the Parents 2 (Number Sense)
Mr. McNamarra was my seventh grade pre-Algebra teacher. On the first day of class he went to the blackboard and wrote “3” with white chalk. He asked us … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #8: New Math Reassurance For the Parents (Why We Need Hows and Whys)
Let’s face it. If you are reading this, you are probably old. That’s not a bad thing. We are experienced and wise in the ways of the world. Experience is … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #7: Subtraction (Regrouping / Decomposition / Borrowing) For the Parents
I am not a math genius. I am quite average in skill. I know this series started with writing, but I figured why not share some basic math skills. … Continue reading
Article: There’s No Such Thing as Baby Food (Baby Lead Weaning / Solids)
I wrote the following for a very wonderful woman for a now dormant site called Daily Momtra. It seems like such an eon ago when my daughter still smelled new … Continue reading
Reblog It #1: Month 27 Question–What are the Elimination Communication Essentials?
Originally posted on Diaper Free…The Other Side of the Moon:
Question (From the DiaperFreeBabyGroup): I’m 19wks pregant and I’m trying to put together my registry. I don’t understand the…
Musings #2: Broken Dish, Fractured Feelings, and a Lot of Glue
This was an uninspired, stock white cheap dish now laying in wrecked pieces. It was among the first things I bought for my apartment in my twenties from a store … Continue reading
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