Post-Apocalyptic Homeschool

This blog is called Post-Apocalyptic Homeschool because I obsessively collect and stockpile used children's books just in case I need to personally educate a small village after some sort of catastrophic scenario where all the other books and technology and book-obtaining means of all kinds have been destroyed, such that the only reading materials left for miles around are the piles of books in my garage. Sensible, yes?

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Ameliorating Math Anxiety

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"One way to keep tension is to be aware of it. I told the math class that to let something go by in class without knowing what it means...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Poetry leads the way

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"I have no patience with those who say that love and death are not proper subjects for children. Children can often respond to these...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

TrDL (Montessori writing work)

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TrDL is my favorite example of developmental spelling from this list by J, but LAdEEBug  is terrific too. 

Problem Solver: Dedicated Read-Aloud Tray

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Thank goodness I had this tray in the garage. I have an ongoing problem where I completely lose our current big read-aloud. (If you see our ...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Montessori Kid at Work

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Montessori hundred board work Last year, we got a Montessori hundred board for home--I think on the recommendation of HomeschoolDad --a...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

The Elephant's Child - Kipling - Feodor Rojankovsky

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For more Rojankovsky illustrations of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, see also: How the Leopard Got His Spots , How the Rhinoceros...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Living with Learning

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Jackson, 4.5yo, sorting through our box of dollar-store plastic animals: "Mom, I took out all the ocean animals. Is a frog an ocean ...
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