Comments on: Adventures in Literacy. http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/2009/11/09/adventures-in-literacy/ Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Reading Practice. | TINDERBOX http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/2009/11/09/adventures-in-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Reading Practice. | TINDERBOX Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:59:47 +0000 http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/?p=59#comment-33 [...] Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats « Adventures in Literacy. [...] [...] Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats « Adventures in Literacy. [...]

]]> By: tinderbox http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/2009/11/09/adventures-in-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-32 tinderbox Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:49 +0000 http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/?p=59#comment-32 I wonder if I could get rich marketing the Hate Mail Method of Literacy Development. I wonder if I could get rich marketing the Hate Mail Method of Literacy Development.

]]> By: hobbitbabe http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/2009/11/09/adventures-in-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-31 hobbitbabe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:41:22 +0000 http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/?p=59#comment-31 I once heard a friend reading an essay she'd written on CBC Radio. It was a vignette of her morning as a single parent, getting four kids off to school while getting ready for work. All the time she was getting herself ready, getting back in the shower to shave her legs because the oldest daughter was wearing her black tights, etc, the 4yo was pestering her to spell words, and she didn't really have time to wonder what for. She ended up having to drive everybody to their schools because it was too late to walk, and when the van stopped at junior kindergarten, her young daughter handed her a note. "I HATE YOU. YOU ARE MEAN. LOVE, ERIN." She figured that pretty much epitomised that stage of her life and Erin's. I once heard a friend reading an essay she’d written on CBC Radio. It was a vignette of her morning as a single parent, getting four kids off to school while getting ready for work. All the time she was getting herself ready, getting back in the shower to shave her legs because the oldest daughter was wearing her black tights, etc, the 4yo was pestering her to spell words, and she didn’t really have time to wonder what for. She ended up having to drive everybody to their schools because it was too late to walk, and when the van stopped at junior kindergarten, her young daughter handed her a note.

“I HATE YOU. YOU ARE MEAN. LOVE, ERIN.”

She figured that pretty much epitomised that stage of her life and Erin’s.

]]> By: Ailbhe http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/2009/11/09/adventures-in-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ailbhe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:59:25 +0000 http://tinderbox.homeschooljournal.net/?p=59#comment-30 That's so cool I'm almost jealous! It wouldn't surprise me if it lasts, she seems to know her own mind pretty well from all I hear... That’s so cool I’m almost jealous! It wouldn’t surprise me if it lasts, she seems to know her own mind pretty well from all I hear…

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