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7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Language
Episode 19
Gregory speaks in this chapter of language as a vehicle of instruction, an instrument of learning, and a storehouse of knowledge. Briefly, he means t…
9 years, 5 months ago
A reasonably clean house
Episode 18
Have you yet discovered Auntie Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter? She has a great series called The Reasonably Clean House. I have a weakness for r…
9 years, 5 months ago
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Learner
Episode 17
Summary of Law 2: The learner must attend with interest to the material to be learned.
A learner – which is what our children are supposed to be – can…
9 years, 5 months ago
What novels taught me about cleaning house
Episode 16
Housework seemed like a stupid waste of time.
And I hated wastes of time and stupidity, so I triply hated housework.
I was torn between wanting to be a…
9 years, 5 months ago
7 Laws of Teaching: The Law of the Teacher
Episode 15
What is a teacher? What is teaching?
According to Gregory, the art of education — that is, teaching — is two-fold:
Teaching is the art of training. Tea…9 years, 6 months ago
Why clean the house?
Episode 14
Personally, I always wanted a home to keep. I never wanted a career. I have only ever wanted a home and family to tend. I’ve never questioned that it…
9 years, 6 months ago
Interval Planning: Grow your capacity.
Episode 13
The problem with much of the productivity and planning advice out there is that it begins with a vision for a 5-year outcome. When we as mothers at h…
9 years, 6 months ago
The Best Teacher
Episode 12
What adjectives do you associate with repetition?
Dullness, boredom, monotony.
What about training, practice, discipline, rehearsal.
Pianists practice t…
9 years, 6 months ago
Interval Planning: An example holiday plan
Episode 11
I’m a proponent of making short-term plans and goals – ones that can be tracked and kept top-of-mind easily. I call it ‘interval planning’ because I …
9 years, 6 months ago
Living from Rest
Episode 10
So, I discovered that otium was the Latin word for leisure, and although I have not encountered it in education talks, it seems to have been the word…
9 years, 7 months ago