A month or so ago I wrote a post declaring that I wanted to start reading again. Before I had kids I used to read all the time. Then the kids came, and they kept coming, and I didn’t have the time or the desire or the energy to read anything for a sustained period of […]
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The Test Scores That Really Matter
In our school district, the elementary schools administer tests to the kids in September as a way of assessing reading skills. We just received the results from these tests this past week. As I expected, the kids performed very well. Two of them scored above the 95th percentile in multiple areas. Does it feel good […]
My brain needs to start working out again.
Do you guys read a lot? I used to love to read. Then I had kids, and I was too tired to read anything that didn’t have pictures in it (except for (affiliate) The Book With No Pictures, cause the kids love that one). The exhaustion of having five kids under the age of 8 years […]
Reading is Fundamental. For Number 4, anyway.
Even after teaching for twelve years and coaching hundreds and hundreds of swimmers, and having a whole bunch of my own children, it still surprises me how two kids in the same family from the same parents can be so different from one another. This was illustrated to me again yesterday after I said goodnight […]
Happy Jolabokaflod!
A week or so ago I came across this picture on Facebook: I really liked it. So I decided we were gonna do it. Today, the last activity on our advent calendar was to “open one gift early.” I got everyone a book and some pajamas. Before we got to opening the presents, I told […]
In my next life, I want to come back as a seahorse.
Ever since April when we stopped watching tv on school nights, I have been reading a chapter book to Numbers 3, 4 and 5, who all share a room, at bedtime. This summer we read Super Fudge and Because of Winn Dixie. Super Fudge was a little bit painful for me, but they loved it. […]