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Language arts with Truman.

Posted on June 17, 2011 by tinderbox

We wrapped up our study of Truman’s Aunt Farm today. The text has several letters written back and forth between Truman and his aunt (his real aunt, I mean, not the aunts sent for his aunt farm), so we spent … Continue reading →

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Ants and more ants.

Posted on June 16, 2011 by tinderbox

Welcome, new readers! Yesterday’s post about schools notwithstanding, I usually make fairly mundane “what we did today” posts. Like this one. On Tuesday Michael had excellent plans for an observational study of ants. He planned to use a sugar bait … Continue reading →

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Truman’s Aunt Farm.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by tinderbox

We’re planning a fun time this week with Truman’s Aunt Farm, a silly story by Jama Kim Rattigan. Truman’s aunt sends him an ant farm for his birthday, but when he mails off the enclosed coupon he mistakenly is sent … Continue reading →

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