The salty weather word of the day (from Wikipedia): A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], “straight”) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that … Read More ›
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V has been interested in coins since she we found two near our house dating back to the 1800s. They were in rough shape, so … Read More ›
The rest of our time in New York was packed. We had at hot breakfast with a high school friend of mine. After catching up, … Read More ›
We were there because of O. Our local airport had a fly-in and open house on Tig’s birthday, and we thought it was a perfect … Read More ›
For the month of May, I put together a very short place value block based on You Know What Mama’s story. One night, I drew … Read More ›
Many years ago, before Tig and I were married, I gave him a card with a picture of a camper van–a cute Westphalia. Inside, I … Read More ›
Here are some quick notes from our winter math block. I planned a couple of structured activities, but mostly we deal with math in our … Read More ›
So we decided to get the heck out of Dodge for the month of February (aka the Big Snow Dump) and spent it in Southern … Read More ›
We spent a week in New York (aka civilization) seeing family and friends, eating lots of sugar and gluten, and receiving an unprecedented amount of … Read More ›
Here are my notes on the alphabet block we did this fall (we started in October and finished up in early December). I created these … Read More ›