What makes us soar (morning music, David’s BFFs, 6-year old reading, Raymond Carver & the Bible, Shostakovich).
EDUCATION, SUMMARY, RELIGION, MUSICJoseph Longhomeschool, day-Wednesday, 2023, school 2022-23, recommendation-short story, recommendations, music-Modern period, music-musicians, religion-Bible, 1000s BC, Character-friendship, Character-trust, grade-kindergarten, Character-curiosity, education & learning thoughts, 1980s, 1981, religion-Judaism, religion-Christianity, quotes, grade-10th, grade-7th, Character-honesty, 20th century, work
Can I grade myself an A++?
SUMMARYJoseph Longgrade-10th, grade-7th, school 2022-23, 2023, subject-mathematics, Admiral James, careers, work, friends, day-Thursday
Chopped-off heads and other euphemisms (lenses of the world, King Saul, spelling tests, digestive systems, basket-balancing, Medusa, Camille Saint-Saëns, Alice Walker)
EDUCATION, SUMMARYJoseph Long2022, school 2021-22, homeschool, day-Wednesday, ELA-literature, recommendation-short story, religion-Bible, friends, grade-kindergarten, libraries, music-Romantic period, recommendations, books, social studies-geography
I took Wonder Woman and it’s mine (ownership, progress and individualism, chess, the joy of Latin, The Great War, Karen Joy Fowler, theater rehearsal and library checkouts ).
My wife’s huge mistake (6am convos, Babel, building character via mandated discussion groups, the not-so-secret lives of celebrities, cryptography).
Ingenious methods on a Wednesday : big numbers, wrestling, chess, roots of Elvis.
How to teach reading (plus two things successful kids this generation need to learn really, really well).
How to help your kids help (A Friday; one piece of advice for parents, plus dangerous ponds and deadly costumes ).
I deposited their bodies (schooling on a Wednesday - conflict resolution, letting go of credit, tick...tick...BOOM!, Rube Goldberg, James Joyce's 'Evelyn,' pranks gone right).
A Wednesday : Mandatory independence, Naaman, early literacy, Golden Shovel poetry, Speech Sounds, musical theater, Filmmaking 101 lectures.
ELA, SUMMARYJoseph Long2022, school 2022-23, religion-Bible, homeschool, grade-kindergarten, 05, subject-poetry, ELA-literature, recommendation-short story
Here we are in the age of boundaried chaos (13th Amendment, chaos & carnage & forts, Dorothy Parker & kitties).
30 observations and ideas for teaching a Middle School Science class.
The crumbly truth of stepping in for one another.
The surprising benefits of celebrating your anniversary in this manner.
Chomsky in bed (a Wednesday).
A Wednesday : Saul, integers, bugs, micro-snippets, Etsy, The Great War, ee cummings.
A Friday : Love, robots, London, World War Z, Haruki Murakami, The Great War, ad hoc rituals, white blood cells of culture
A Wednesday : Xavier's Spirit Bird, mathematics samples, The Watcher, outdoor kitchens, MagdelanaMade.
A Friday : Decalogue, power plays, Cell 13, naps, vocab.
A Wednesday : Straw man fallacies, Jesus, Hegel, wood blocks, Colin Farrell.
