Stuff We Like :: 12.20.19
I love these slower-paced days of just being home so much now that I spend a big chunk of the week working elsewhere: Making lazy breakfasts, cleaning out the linen closet, knitting winter hats, moving around all the art in the family room — these things make me so happy.
what’s happening at home/school/life
on Patreon: Join us for a live chat today! (It’s open to everyone, even if you’re not a Patreon supporter.) I’ll be answering questions about balancing academics and passion in high school, whether you can (or should) count Dungeons & Dragons on your high school transcript, and talking about homeschool friendly jobs for parents and how to find them. I’ll also take other questions if time permits.
on the blog: Suzanne picks her favorite horror reads of 2019.
on instagram: Family art project
in the magazine: I had so much fine writing a step-by-step guide to creating minimal effort, maximum reward escape room for your homeschool. (Escape rooms were definitely one of the highlights of our fall learning!)
in the archives: We forgot to do a shoe check and other reasons you might not get to co-op on time; celebrating the winter solstice; and some of our favorite last-minute stocking stuffers
links we liked
I feel like there’s some interesting philosophical thinking to be done around the issue of online reviews — the whole process seems problematic, especially because some people know how to play the system, but I find myself making choices based on reviews all the time.
Leonardo da Vinci was also a bridge engineering genius.
“No matter how much Instagram would like to be viewed as a place users feel good about visiting, its entire existence is predicated on reminding people that other people are having more fun than they are.”
The best morning routine is the routine or non-routine that works for your life — this is about business, but it’s a homeschool life lesson if there ever was one!
Fascinating: Is the quest for immortality worse than death?
This is a good summary of what’s happening with the Common Core.
Books added to my TBR list
The Twisted Ones (because Suzanne recommends it and I loved Castle Hangnail)
The Story of a Goat (because sometimes you just have to judge a book by its cover)
The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny (because who could resist?)
things making me happy
Fair Fight 2020 (because we can fix the mess that our electoral process is trying so hard to become)
I mean, I’m always going to watch an ice skating movie
“They” is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year (because, sure, getting over your grammar habits is hard but not as hard as living in a world that refuses to call you by your name, right?)
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