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Monday, December 28, 2015
More Vocab from Dad
Corey and Q discussing death at the dinner table.
Corey: "Well, everything dies."
Q: Not that fork.
C: Oh yes, actually it does. As we speak, atoms are....
The following phrases are then used to talk about how everything in the world degrades over time:
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics
glass degrades- that's the basis of radioactivity.
Corey: "Well, everything dies."
Q: Not that fork.
C: Oh yes, actually it does. As we speak, atoms are....
The following phrases are then used to talk about how everything in the world degrades over time:
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics
glass degrades- that's the basis of radioactivity.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Vocabulary: Trope
Q: Is Tatooine a real planet?
Corey: No.
Q: Is Hoth a real planet?
Corey: No, but he was a real person.
Q's mouth gapes in astonishment.
Corey: Well, Star Wars is based upon a variety of mythological tropes.
Me: Did you just say "trope?"
Corey: Yeah. What's wrong with trope?
I sprint to get my laptop to write this down.
Now they are going on about WWII and who the bad guys are and how Star Wars is based on that, or something or other.
Corey: No.
Q: Is Hoth a real planet?
Corey: No, but he was a real person.
Q's mouth gapes in astonishment.
Corey: Well, Star Wars is based upon a variety of mythological tropes.
Me: Did you just say "trope?"
Corey: Yeah. What's wrong with trope?
I sprint to get my laptop to write this down.
Now they are going on about WWII and who the bad guys are and how Star Wars is based on that, or something or other.
Q Sorting Sight Words
Well that was fun. When we were done, we guessed which pile had the most.
He guessed A. I guessed W.
He was right! A, 8, W, 7.
I added an extra sight word, "butt," to contrast with "but."
It is NEVER too early to introduce a child to homophones.
He guessed A. I guessed W.
He was right! A, 8, W, 7.
I added an extra sight word, "butt," to contrast with "but."
It is NEVER too early to introduce a child to homophones.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Lane is 4- Cue the Confetti!
Evite's "Design Your Own" option inspired me to design my own evite:
It was so cute that it inspired me to print my own similarly-designed invitations:
But I wanted to add a little more pizazz, so I googled some images to use. Well, the confetti available online just wasn't good enough for me....
So I spent 4 or 5 hours (I was home sick) designing my own confetti. It was amazing. I made it of little dots and tiny stars. Recall my orange-dot wedding cake; I like dots a LOT.
The Final Draft:
I think my first foray into graphic design turned out well. I used Google Drawing. On the printed copy itself, the border didn't print well, and my husband blamed Google Drawing. I'm a big fan of the Google Universe, so I'm ok with a bit of blotchy border.
Maybe I'll design my own Christmas cards...
It was so cute that it inspired me to print my own similarly-designed invitations:
But I wanted to add a little more pizazz, so I googled some images to use. Well, the confetti available online just wasn't good enough for me....
So I spent 4 or 5 hours (I was home sick) designing my own confetti. It was amazing. I made it of little dots and tiny stars. Recall my orange-dot wedding cake; I like dots a LOT.
The Final Draft:
Maybe I'll design my own Christmas cards...
Saturday, November 28, 2015
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