A day remembered
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I found an old notebook of mine, full of shopping lists and reminders, notes
from a lecture about math at a homeschooling conference, notes from RCIA
classes and a journal entry all about my son Will, when he was 4-1/2:
6/9/98
Today Will said that when people die, they become wind. "All of them?" I
asked. "No. Just sixty."
He spent the day watching TV and playing with his toys. We went to the
library and read a few books. Then he picked out two Little Bear books to take
home. He wanted to know why we borrow books (I guess instead of buying them). I
told him we couldn't afford that many books. Then we parked the van down the
street and walked back to the farmer's market. [The library will tow your
car if you leave it in their lot and go to the farmer's market, and they watch
for it, too.]
He picked up a pink tomato and asked what it was. He saw blackberries and
blueberries and talked me into buying some. He saw some kohlrabi and pointed
them out to me. The vendor offered me a taste. It was good. Will didn't want
to try it. He tried a blackberry and didn't really like it. He ate the whole
thing, though.
We browsed some more at the market, he fondling a different tomato at each
stand and pointing out squash to me. He saw watermelons and we agreed we
shouldn't buy a big one for just the 2 of us.
At the last stand he picked out 2 peaches and I picked out some butter baker
potatoes. I promised him we would make a blueberry cobbler with lots of
sugar.
We took our treasures and walked back toward the van. We saw a trolley and
decided to take a ride. We rode the whole circuit for 25 cents, Will making
eyes with a group of old ladies that got on midway through.
On the way home, he played with the calculator in the van. He punched in 22
and said, "Look mom! Too-ty-two!" I figure when he can read "twenty", he'll
figure it out.
We went home and read the Little Bear books. I made the cobbler with too
much dough and it spilled over onto the oven floor, but it was delicious just the
same. Will particularly like the almost-burnt crust (that he called "crush")
on the outside of the pan.
He begged me to take him to the "two parks" and we finally did.
Addenda, 9/22/03
I read this to Will. He smiled and laughed. He said "I remember skipping
12." "Oh yeah?" I said. And he said, "I'd go, '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 13' and you'd say, 'POOR 12!'"
Then he got up and walked back to the living room.
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from a lecture about math at a homeschooling conference, notes from RCIA
classes and a journal entry all about my son Will, when he was 4-1/2:
6/9/98
Today Will said that when people die, they become wind. "All of them?" I
asked. "No. Just sixty."
He spent the day watching TV and playing with his toys. We went to the
library and read a few books. Then he picked out two Little Bear books to take
home. He wanted to know why we borrow books (I guess instead of buying them). I
told him we couldn't afford that many books. Then we parked the van down the
street and walked back to the farmer's market. [The library will tow your
car if you leave it in their lot and go to the farmer's market, and they watch
for it, too.]
He picked up a pink tomato and asked what it was. He saw blackberries and
blueberries and talked me into buying some. He saw some kohlrabi and pointed
them out to me. The vendor offered me a taste. It was good. Will didn't want
to try it. He tried a blackberry and didn't really like it. He ate the whole
thing, though.
We browsed some more at the market, he fondling a different tomato at each
stand and pointing out squash to me. He saw watermelons and we agreed we
shouldn't buy a big one for just the 2 of us.
At the last stand he picked out 2 peaches and I picked out some butter baker
potatoes. I promised him we would make a blueberry cobbler with lots of
sugar.
We took our treasures and walked back toward the van. We saw a trolley and
decided to take a ride. We rode the whole circuit for 25 cents, Will making
eyes with a group of old ladies that got on midway through.
On the way home, he played with the calculator in the van. He punched in 22
and said, "Look mom! Too-ty-two!" I figure when he can read "twenty", he'll
figure it out.
We went home and read the Little Bear books. I made the cobbler with too
much dough and it spilled over onto the oven floor, but it was delicious just the
same. Will particularly like the almost-burnt crust (that he called "crush")
on the outside of the pan.
He begged me to take him to the "two parks" and we finally did.
Addenda, 9/22/03
I read this to Will. He smiled and laughed. He said "I remember skipping
12." "Oh yeah?" I said. And he said, "I'd go, '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 13' and you'd say, 'POOR 12!'"
Then he got up and walked back to the living room.
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In a message dated 9/22/2003 12:20:38 PM Central Standard Time,
Tuckervill@... writes:
number to me one night off bingo balls, mostly reading right to left on the
ones she wasn't too familiar with (she's since figured this out). She said
"oh-ty two" for 20.
Today we are all sick but the two kids had a birthday party for Nemo (we
haven't seen the movie, but somehow ended up with a toy), attended by a whole host
of animals. They had a "pi-yan-ta" for Nemo, all the other animals were
whacking it with cuisinaire rods, waiting for the corn syrup city candy to fall
out.
Gotta love kids.
Elizabeth
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Tuckervill@... writes:
> He punched in 22I just LOVED this whole post! Particularly this line. My Julia was reading
> and said, "Look mom! Too-ty-two!"
number to me one night off bingo balls, mostly reading right to left on the
ones she wasn't too familiar with (she's since figured this out). She said
"oh-ty two" for 20.
Today we are all sick but the two kids had a birthday party for Nemo (we
haven't seen the movie, but somehow ended up with a toy), attended by a whole host
of animals. They had a "pi-yan-ta" for Nemo, all the other animals were
whacking it with cuisinaire rods, waiting for the corn syrup city candy to fall
out.
Gotta love kids.
Elizabeth
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In a message dated 9/22/03 11:20:44 AM, Tuckervill@... writes:
<< "Look mom! Too-ty-two!" I figure when he can read "twenty", he'll
figure it out. >>
That's so sweet.
Thanks for bringing that.
Sandra
<< "Look mom! Too-ty-two!" I figure when he can read "twenty", he'll
figure it out. >>
That's so sweet.
Thanks for bringing that.
Sandra
catherine aceto
I LOVE that image. This is the sort of thing that we do often.
-Cat
Today we are all sick but the two kids had a birthday party for Nemo (we
haven't seen the movie, but somehow ended up with a toy), attended by a whole host
of animals. They had a "pi-yan-ta" for Nemo, all the other animals were
whacking it with cuisinaire rods, waiting for the corn syrup city candy to fall
out.
Gotta love kids.
Elizabeth
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-Cat
Today we are all sick but the two kids had a birthday party for Nemo (we
haven't seen the movie, but somehow ended up with a toy), attended by a whole host
of animals. They had a "pi-yan-ta" for Nemo, all the other animals were
whacking it with cuisinaire rods, waiting for the corn syrup city candy to fall
out.
Gotta love kids.
Elizabeth
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Ticia
I was thinking the same thing...this is the beauty of a our day...even if I can't always *see* it ;)
I appreciate it articulated :)
Ticia
(who is also on a side note a first born LEO ;))))
I appreciate it articulated :)
Ticia
(who is also on a side note a first born LEO ;))))
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From: catherine aceto
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] A day remembered
I LOVE that image. This is the sort of thing that we do often.
-Cat
Today we are all sick but the two kids had a birthday party for Nemo (we
haven't seen the movie, but somehow ended up with a toy), attended by a whole host
of animals. They had a "pi-yan-ta" for Nemo, all the other animals were
whacking it with cuisinaire rods, waiting for the corn syrup city candy to fall
out.
Gotta love kids.
Elizabeth
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joylyn
Sandra, and others,
I met this wonder 11 year old (just barely) this week, at a homeschool
camp. She is not yet reading. The young lady is worried herself now
and wants to know why she hasn't learned to read, so I spent some time
with her, upon request from her and her mom. I spoke a bit about Holly
and others who have read "late" and she felt MUCH better. She was
wondering if Holly might be willing to email/chat with her.
Sandra, any words of wisdom? The young lady would like me to check to
see if there is a reason she hasn't learned to read. I have suggested
they go see an opthomologist, just to check things out a bit. And I'll
do some evaluation on her, just light things, to see if I see anything
interesting and to give them some ideas, ways to help her learn, as she
is really wanting to learn now and frustrated. The mom is GREAT, and is
willing to let it happen, it's really the child who is wanting things to
move and to learn to read....
Joylyn
I met this wonder 11 year old (just barely) this week, at a homeschool
camp. She is not yet reading. The young lady is worried herself now
and wants to know why she hasn't learned to read, so I spent some time
with her, upon request from her and her mom. I spoke a bit about Holly
and others who have read "late" and she felt MUCH better. She was
wondering if Holly might be willing to email/chat with her.
Sandra, any words of wisdom? The young lady would like me to check to
see if there is a reason she hasn't learned to read. I have suggested
they go see an opthomologist, just to check things out a bit. And I'll
do some evaluation on her, just light things, to see if I see anything
interesting and to give them some ideas, ways to help her learn, as she
is really wanting to learn now and frustrated. The mom is GREAT, and is
willing to let it happen, it's really the child who is wanting things to
move and to learn to read....
Joylyn
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In a message dated 9/25/03 8:58:29 PM, joylyn@... writes:
<< She was
wondering if Holly might be willing to email/chat with her. >>
I bet she would.
I'm willing to send her the copy of "Teach your Child to Read..." if that
will make her feel better. The word lists are cool. The method is bizarre so we
ignored that and Holly just played with the word lists a few times. But maybe
she and her mom would even understand and desire to deal with the book's
method of weird word-markings in blue.
Holly's IM is AstaHD
Sandra
<< She was
wondering if Holly might be willing to email/chat with her. >>
I bet she would.
I'm willing to send her the copy of "Teach your Child to Read..." if that
will make her feel better. The word lists are cool. The method is bizarre so we
ignored that and Holly just played with the word lists a few times. But maybe
she and her mom would even understand and desire to deal with the book's
method of weird word-markings in blue.
Holly's IM is AstaHD
Sandra