Yes, this is the reason why my hands hurt… I’ve been bending bones! Actually, the picture above is the result of soaking a (cooked) chicken bone in vinegar for ten days. Acid depletes the bone of calcium, making it rubbery and easy to bend. A fun experiment for the kids to try, although at first […]
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Why my hands hurt
September 17th, 2004 · 1 Comment
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Learning in complete cycles
September 4th, 2004 · 2 Comments
The other day the girls and I stopped by the Burke Museum at the University of Washington. While walking through the lower floor’s exhibits on Pacific Rim cultures, I saw this quote describing how the Maori learn: …Maori learn in complete cycles. When they learn the word for caterpillar, they are taken outside to the […]
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More on schooling equations…
August 30th, 2004 · 1 Comment
As a follow-up to my post on standardized tests, I want to link to this piece Paul Beard wrote as a response to mine The bottomline is to make an informed choice. Don’t assume the schools are as good or as bad as you remember your own schools. Meet the principal (your kid may become […]
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What a recipe you are
August 26th, 2004 · Comments Off on What a recipe you are
The other day Ted used an excellent analogy to explain genetics to the girls. He and I were wondering out loud whether Elisabeth’s rash was a virus or allergy. Whether it was illness or genetics. So then we had to try to teach the girls the difference. Abigail is learning to cook, and Ted used […]
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I guess that makes me “Ma”
August 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment
This week the girls and I started reading Little House in the Big Woods. It fits well with our studies of early American life – and also with the fact that our family has three daughters too. Abigail and Michaela like it and have created a new game from it: Do you want to play […]
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