Maria Montessori strongly cautioned against leading children to believe that fantasy was reality, believing that it made it harder for children to distinguish between the two and led to issues of trust later on.
We’ve had our kids in Montessori since they were 3 and 4–they’re now, as of yesterday, 7 and 8–and had never known […]

I. am. livid.
This morning, Christina was watching a Wiggles dvd, and a Christmas song came on.  Angelina asked Clint, “Do you buy all of those presents from Santa?”
He asked her why, and she said, “Because Ms. Parween said Santa Claus is dead.” (Or isn’t alive, or something like that; she seemed kind of confused.)
He said, […]

A very little bit so far, but I’m enjoying it!
I’ve been taking some Flash tutorials on Lynda.com — a great resource, and at only $25/month for unlimited tutorials, a great value! — while Clint is taking tutorials in After Effects, Illustrator and Final Cut. I think we’re both coming along nicely, and we’re […]

but in the meantime, I found this at Family Hack, originally from Secular Homeschooling Magazine:

The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List

1. Please stop asking us if it’s legal. If it is — and it is — it’s insulting to imply that we’re criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?
2. Learn what the words “socialize” […]

Seems like if I can score 90% (and it should have been 93.3%, if I’d bothered to read two easy questions properly) on a quiz that apparently most college seniors, at every school surveyed, failed—seriously failed: 53.7%, on average, between last year and this—I should be able to score some sheepskin.
Their results:
Average score for this […]