Mornings are pretty rushed in our house. My daughter gets up around 7 am and is out the door by 7:15 am. We’re even more rushed when I take my daughter and her cousin to school. My university is fifty minutes away, and I need to get on the road. With my semester at anContinue reading “Planned Play”
Category Archives: Education
Little House
A month ago, I got my daughter to try audiobooks. On Saturday, she completed her second one: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie. I was very proud of her for three reasons. She completed the book over the course of three weeks. She didn’t listen to the book every day, but she wasContinue reading “Little House”
Marketing Wizard
I’m in charge of our church’s VBS this summer, and I’ve been putting together flyers and videos this week. This afternoon, I enlisted my daughter for our video’s picture and song. She played percussion on the song and wore a sweet smile in the photo that accompanied our VBS anthem: “Plant your roots! Grow goodContinue reading “Marketing Wizard”
The Newspaper
After school today, my daughter announced that she wanted us to start reading the newspaper. The only person we know who gets the newspaper is her grandparents down the road. She got onto her bike, put on her helmet, and pedaled down the road with me walking alongside her. We brought the paper home, andContinue reading “The Newspaper”
Library Card
My daughter finished a week where she was library obsessed by obtaining her first library card. One perk? It came with this sweet swag bag! Yesterday at church, she sang along with the hymns and responded with the congregational creed. As we head into the summer, she’s reading like a champ. This library card willContinue reading “Library Card”
Rhetorical Moves – A Running Series
In this running series, I’ll document my daughter’s verbal pyrotechnics. My focus will be on less what she says than how and why she says it. Tonight, my daughter uttered the following sentence: “Mama has good ideas, but I have genius ideas.” My wife’s idea? Make S’mores using our fire pit. My daughter’s idea? EatContinue reading “Rhetorical Moves – A Running Series”
Library
When I walked into my daughter’s bedroom this morning, I saw this. I asked my daughter what was going on. “It’s a library,” she explained. This evening, she had a book reading at this kid’s library, and she read me The Diary of a Worm. She was a great reader and effectively sold the book’sContinue reading “Library”
Among the Wolves
After picking her up from school on Monday, I took my daughter on a 45-minute car trip into the heart of Greenville. I thought the trip would be a perfect time to get her back on the audiobook train. After explaining where we were going, I gave her the Little House on the Praire play-awayContinue reading “Among the Wolves”
Rhetorical Moves – A Running Series
In this running series, I’ll document my daughter’s verbal pyrotechnics. My focus will be on less what she says than how and why she says it. My daughter doesn’t like carrots, but they’re on her plate every night. Typically, we give her one more carrot that she will eat, then talk her into consuming whatContinue reading “Rhetorical Moves – A Running Series”
The Play and the Poster
My wife’s old high school put on a production of Beauty and the Beast. My daughter really wanted to go. On Friday, she announced that we just had to go that night: “It’s the last show! Tonight at 7:oo!” I told her that if the last time to go to the show as that night,Continue reading “The Play and the Poster”
Learning Together 