The Peine Learning Log: September 2014

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Yarn art

Magnet Study

I was so excited to find a garage sale being put on by a teacher this weekend. I picked up tons of materials and books and she only charged me $10 for all of it! One thing I picked up was a magnet lab. The boys have been begging to start it and we finally did today.

I had Trevor start a notebook and it reminded me of my AP Bio notebook (which, yes, I still have). It makes me all tingly thinking about it. We really love science here, and learning about the world around us and how things work.

Read in 2014

Procrastination is my name in regards to blogs this year! I'll put down what I can remember...now that it's June:

1. Quiet: The a Power of Introverts in a World a That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain

2. 6-7 Amish/Mennonite fiction books by Beverly Lewis (not great lit, but fun, quick, uplifting)

3. The Sign of The Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare (read to the kids, they loved it!)

4. The Trumpet of The Swan, by E.B. white (also read to the kids, they liked this one too)

5. reading The Island of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell to the kids right now

6-8. The Divergent trilogy

9. Drive By Daniel H. Pink (good!)

10. Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain (read to kids)

11. The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd

Read in 2013

1. The Element, by Ken Robinson, Ph. D.
2. Same Kind of Different As Me, by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (So inspiring!)
3. Improv Wisdom, by Patricia Ryan Madsen (life-changing for me)
4. The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
5. Noble Savages, by Napoleon Chagnon (my first attempt at learning a bit of anthropology-bad choice, but interesting all the same)
6. The Art of Fermentation, by Sandor Ellix Katz (not finished yet, but there's a waiting list, so no renewals)
7. Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, by Joseph Murphy
8. How To Hug A Porcupine
9. Unconditional Parenting, Alfie Kohn
10. The Well-Behaved Child, John Rosemond

Read in 2012

1. Several education/homeschool books and book club books--nothing worth recommending or even remembering for that matter :)
2. Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
3-5. The Hunger Games
trilogy
6. The Life of Our Lord, by Charles Dickens (read to the
boys)
7. Boundaries in Marriage, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John
Townsend (best "fit" marriage book for our relationship so far)
8. When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers, by James R.
Delisle, PH. D. and Judy Galbraith, M.A. (fine for info, but not great--written for teachers, not parents)
10. Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White (read to the boys)
11. The Idle Parent, by Tom Hodgkinson (prescribed to me by a
friend to counter the effects of Tiger Mother book)
12. Weapons of Mass Instruction, by John Taylor Gatto
13. The Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
14. The Organized Home Schooler, by Vicki Caruana
15. Stuart Little, by E. B. White (read to the boys)
16. Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater (read to the boys)
17. The Duggars: 20 and Counting, by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar (I've never watched the show, but heard good things about the family, and when I found out they homeschool, I had to find out more!)
18. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
19. Boys Adrift, by Leonard Sax, MD PhD

Books Read from 2009-2011

2011:

1. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, by John Gottman, PhD
2. The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy
3. The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
4. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
5. The Butcher and the Vegetarian, by Tara
Austen Weaver (not recommended--the whole book reads like a long magazine article)
6. The Prince and The Pauper, by Mark Twain
7. Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
8. The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
9. The Well-Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
10. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
11. The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua
12. 4-5 homeschooling books
(nothing good enough to recommend)
13. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, by Dr. Laura Shlessinger (for someone who advocates positive reinforcement of husbands, she doesn't do such a great job doing the same for wives--though I agree with most of her book, she's not very
encouraging)
14. The Last of the Breed, by
Louis L'amour (annual L.L. book reading with Dad)
15. In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms, by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
16. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
17. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
18. Good Wives, by Louisa May Alcott
19. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
20. Teach Me to Do It Myself: Montessori Activities
for You and Your Child, by Maja Pitamic
21. Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives, by David Gettman
22. Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius,
by Angeline Stoll Lillard
23. Hypnobirthing: The
Mongan Method, by Marie F. Mongan

2010:

1. Warning: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous to Your
Health, by William Glasser, M.D.
2. The New Testament
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
4. Sink Reflections, by Marla Cilley - The FlyLady
5. Leadership Education, by Oliver and Rachel
DeMille
6. Miss Manners' Guide to Domestic Tranquility, by Judith Martin
7. Miss Manners' Basic Training: Communication, by Judith Martin
8.Miss Manners' Basic Training: The Right Thing to Say, by Judith Martin
9. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
10. A Thomas Jefferson Education, by Oliver
DeMille
11. Choice Theory, by William Glasser, MD
12. Honey For A Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of
Books in Family Life, by Gladys Hunt
13. The Lonesome Gods, by Louis L'amour
14. The Knowledge Deficit, by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
15. The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, by Susan Wise Bauer
16. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
17. Leadership Education, by Oliver and Rachel DeMille

2009:

1. Fire in the Bones, by S. Michael Wilcox
2. The Book of Mormon
3-10. All 8 Anne of Green Gables Books (helped keep my mind off the morning sickness)
11. Behind Every Good Man, by John Bytheway
12. The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me, by Richard Paul Evans
13. The Toddler's Busy Book, by Trish Kuffner
14. The Holy Secret, by James Ferrell
15. What's A Parent to Do? Solving Family
Problems in a Christlike Way, by Glenn I. Latham
16. Positive Parenting, by Glenn I. Latham (all-time favorite parenting book)

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