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 It's been a long time since I made chick portraits with the kids.How long has it been exactly?THIS long!!!It was so long ago that Syd, who now fears and loathes the backyard chickens in equal capacities, happily posed with a chick on her wrist. Syd won't go near even the bitty babies anymore, alas, but Will still has an infinite adoration for chickens both big and small. Early this spring she started to work on me and Matt about adding more chicks to our small flock. I kept a pretty hard line for a change, so obviously it was Matt's turn...

Mastery is peculiar in that spectators see whatever the professional does as ‘easy.’ Masters rarely seem to even break a sweat, whether they’re dancers, authors, or entrepreneurs. What they do seems so natural that it’s easy for us to be fooled into believing we could do the same right off the bat. Sure. I recently signed up for a watercolor workshop. Years ago, I dabbled for fun painting in acrylics, but I’ve always heard how watercolor is among the most challenging mediums. With running a business, writing, homeschooling my young son, taking care of my aging mother, etc. I needed...

I took sign language in college and loved it. My teachers loved the subject and wanted us to learn how to actually communicate with deaf people. Since then I’ve used this in a myriad of unexpected ways. It’s been years since I truly practiced, and between wanting to brush up on sign language myself, AND wanting my kids to learn American Sign Language, find a good sign language curriculum was on my list of things to do. I finally succeeded when I found Sign It. (Sign It gave me free access to their course in exchange for a review) TLDR:...

Free Middle School Math Worksheets Below you will find a free math worksheet PDF which covers mean, median, mode and range. This is a math topic we need to review once a year or so because my kids never remember the meanings! These free Mean, Median, Mode worksheets include both definitions and practice problems to review these terms: Mean: This is the average of a set of numbers. Add all the numbers and divide by the total number in the set. Median: Pick the number that is right in the middle… Or take the two numbers that are in the...

CURMUDGUCATION: Elon Musk Buddy Ready To Fix Education And The WorldElon Musk Buddy Ready To Fix Education And The World You may recall that Elon Musk started a school a few years ago, because of course he did. It was sort of a private school, sort of the most expensive homeschool project ever launched (Musk has five kids--one set of twins, and one set of triplets, so God bless him and his wife). He was single-handedly funding the thing (almost a cool half-mill a year). And now one of his buds is ready to spin it off and monetize it. We have seen...