“Just do something to help the other fellow, and the joy of the service well done will be its own reward.”  Good Deeds Recently, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the role of service in citizenship as our Cub Scout Webelo Den has...
Topics: activism

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While I stayed at home, writing during NaNoWriMo, my husband took Alex to the NANOvember Community Day at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany:… the first college in the world dedicated to research,...
Topics: science

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Every day, I receive newsletters packed with curriculum suggestions and online sources that enrich our homeschool studies.  Frankly, sometimes it’s more than I can handle.  I feel like the poor schmuck in the Bing: Search Overload...
Topics: science

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I’m catching up on a little blog housekeeping.  Here is the final Quarterly Report for third grade that I sent in last Spring:Home Instruction Quarterly ReportJune 20, 2009Name: Alex Blog Website: http://alexhomegate.blogspot.comGrade:...

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Three years ago, when we were just starting our blogs, the kids and I began participating in Blog Action Day.  We were drawn to the idea that for one day, we could join thousands of bloggers to change our world.Each of us does something...
Topics: activism, travel

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