Monthly Archives: March 2011

I Only Have One Theater Book…

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

I only really have one theater book that I’ve used over the last two years in playing games with kids and getting them to perform in various capacities.  It’s the wonderful resource book On Stage by Lisa Bany-Winters.  We’ve checked … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

With all that’s been going on, “bed school” and “sofa school” has been the best we’ve been able to manage lately. But, hey, look, we’re back at the table this week!

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Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

I know I’m late to the news, but I’ve just read than Diana Wynne Jones passed away last week from cancer and I’m just heartbroken.  Check out this detailed obituary.  I discovered her books in college, having missed them in my … Continue reading →

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There’s Now a Homeschool Book Award?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Huh?  There’s a homeschool book award now?  Apparently so.  Possibly you heard about it too as it was featured as a Click Schooling link last week.  Here’s their website where you can go read up about this newly formed endeavor. … Continue reading →

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Our Revels Now Are Ended…

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

It’s the day after our amazing, excellent performance of The Tempest.  My thoughts are too muddled for a serious post and I have few images worth sharing because I was way too busy to take pictures.  But deeper thoughts about … Continue reading →

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‘Ban ‘Ban Caliban!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Sorry for the lack of postings this week.  I am swamped with a million things, included a visit from my father, a night at the Shakespeare Theater (Wilde’s An Ideal Husband – it was pretty good) a million other things … Continue reading →

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More Boy Books

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Having two boys, I’ve been on the lookout for boy books constantly.  About a year ago, I searched through a few options for early chapter books, which I posted about here.  Now that BalletBoy is reading chapter books himself, I … Continue reading →

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Take Our Picture!

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

I have a boggling number of photos of the boys on this statue of two bears wrestling at the zoo.  I don’t think I’ve posed them there once.  It’s outside the bathrooms and they inevitably pose themselves whenever I’m using … Continue reading →

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Screen Time!

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

I guess this post must begin with a full disclosure statement.  I love TV.  I was the only person I knew who had a TV in her room in college.  Our TV used to have a sticker on it that … Continue reading →

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Food, Glorious Food!

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

One of our co-ops decided to do cooking as our current topic, so I had a chance to delve into the world of books about food and I found so many interesting and surprising options that I thought I would … Continue reading →

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