During J's nap today, M and I did some learning time. We went to IXL Math and worked on identifying types of coins, while we had the quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies in front of us to better visualize the coins. Then we moved on to counting various shapes up to 20. It's such a great math program, segmented by grade level.
Moving on, we printed out some ABC tracing pages and practiced tracing letters with our pencils.
Saving Schools
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I finished an outstanding book called, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning, by Paul Peterson, Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School. It was a fascinating read and provides further evidence that the only way to secure our children's, and our country's future, is to accelerate the advent of choice, competition and decentralization in public education. Professor Peterson also touches on homeschooling as the ultimate in parental choice. He is the editor of Education Next.
Interestingly, Peterson discusses in the book how Horace Mann, considered the founder of universal public education mainly to "civilize" the poor Irish immigrants to Boston in the early 1800s, homeschooled his own children...
Interestingly, Peterson discusses in the book how Horace Mann, considered the founder of universal public education mainly to "civilize" the poor Irish immigrants to Boston in the early 1800s, homeschooled his own children...
Free-Range Kids
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I just finished reading the book, Free-Range Kids, by Lenore Skenazy, a NYC mom who was given grief for allowing her 9-yr-old to ride the NYC subway alone. It's a wonderful book that has really helped me to put parental concerns and fear in perspective, and to realize that most of today's parental fears are not based on fact (crimes against children are at the same level they were in the early 1970s), but on media hype and collective hysteria. In light of this book, and its well-documented research- I have vowed to be less anxious and more encouraging of my kids' independence.
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