by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0909 There is a dry rustle of leaves parched from days of sun and hot temperatures. There is an aroma of fading roses mingled with sweet ripening pears. Green clover spreads across our browning grass. Honey bees drift from blossom to blossom, gathering the last...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, For Fun |
SOL25-0902 Me: Reclining in a lawn chair, relaxing on a warm end-of-summer afternoon.TM and NT: Jumping on the nearby trampoline. I. Wasp appears. Buzzes the boys like a bomber.The boys duck and scream.Wasp lands on the trampoline springs. II.The boys tumble off...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, For Fun |
SOL25-0826 I had a crazy dawn-cracking dream
today. It was an early morning Zoom meeting, working with educators on the East coast. I’m on the West coast–a 3-hour time difference. This is what happened.I awoke with a start before the sky was light. I...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0819 Summer is winding down. I’m thinking of what I still need to do. To create. To plan. To organize. To track. And so I’ve been making lists. There’s one list that I’ve prioritize. Did you catch that? I’m not just making one list;...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0812 From my devotional journal… “And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before, …” -2 Samuel 5:24 I like the sound of wind in the tops of...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-0805 I wish I could remember what made us laugh so hard.* Live, love, and laugh!Live a life others will want to remember.Love so much it never runs out.Laugh contagiously. Much has been written in medical literature about the health benefits of laughter....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, For Fun |
SOL25-0729 This post on social media triggered my memories of childhood road trips. You’ll want to get your second cup of coffee before you begin reading. I remember this kind of travel. Every summer we made a road trip from Attica, Indiana, back East to New...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom, Literacy |
SOL25 #0718 Grasshopper Yesterday, I paused when I spied a tiny grasshopper sitting so still on the handle of my garden hoe that I was turning over for safety reasons. He was beautiful. He was so translucent in the morning sunlight. So delicate. I dared not touch him....
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote: “I’m considering homeschooling my soon to be kindergartner and have no idea how to do so.” I responded . . . Welcome to the homeschooling journey! You can do it. You may feel inadequate. You may wonder what to do, and then you’ll...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote, “I am very very new to homeschooling . . .” and asked for help. So I wrote . . . and then over several weeks I added even more and published this blog post. “Ah! The homeschooling journey! Think of it as another facet of your motherhood....
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