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Katie Kalmerton & Clyde Squire–Requiescat in Pace

April 9, 2008

The church is Catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does belongs to all. When she baptizes a child, that action concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that body which is my head too, and ingrafted into that body whereof I am a member. And when she buries a […]

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Tagged With: Clyde Squire, Death, Family, Home School, John Donne, Katie Kalmerton, Parenting
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Family, Heroes, and History

February 12, 2008

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

One thing that Aldo Leopold did to become great was find, and use, his voice. His family was in many ways similar to mine and to thousands of others here in Wisconsin; his famous shack seemed completely familiar to us–just like Grandad’s place up north. But he made a difference in the world by figuring out what he had to say that was worth saying, and saying it wisely and well.

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Shelved with: Reading the Land|| Continuing Stories|| Community & Time|| History
Tagged With: Aldo Leopold, Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Earth Day, Education, Energy, Environment, Heroes, History, Home School, Homer Daehn, Reading Leopold, Sand County Almanac, Wisconsin
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State of the Union, and the Best Speeches Ever

January 28, 2008

Now that American Gladiators is over (go, Wolf!), we are sitting in the living room watching the State of the Union Address. For us, this has become an Event, like the World Series or the Olympics. It is something bigger than our family, something that we share with our kids and try hard to help […]

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Community & Time|| Education
Tagged With: Classics, Democracy, Home School, Politics
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Good Oak and Good History: Leopold’s “Sand County Almanac”

December 19, 2007

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Reading Aldo Leopold

Here, right here, is where it happened–the Leopold family and their farm, the acorn, the rabbits, the Civil War, the covered wagons (with all the Ingalls family times), the Great Depression, the dust bowl drouths, floods, storms, fires, extinctions, and acts of government; and the lightning, and the heat from the fire.

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Shelved with: Reading the Land|| History|| Community & Time|| Continuing Stories
Tagged With: Sand County Almanac, StarLogo, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Reading Leopold, Aldo Leopold, China, Education, Environment, Forest, Good Oak, History, Home School, Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Learning Like Magic

November 16, 2007

It makes a sensational, controversial headline: A Harry Potter-centered curriculum boosts a failing school into the top 5 percent. Students must recite a spell (“numerus subtracticus”) when answering math questions. But on closer inspection, this turns out not to be just a school carried off into frightening conformity to the current fad. Whatever you may […]

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Education
Tagged With: Austen, Education, Harry Potter, Home School
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