Recent content by MegCanada

Perfect! Thank you SO much, Steve!

That sounds fun, thanks! I'll try it. My husband also suggested we could try something related to the planets, and I found this: http://thecraftyclassroom.com/CraftSpaceRingedplanet.html

My kids are long done homeschooling, but I've been tutoring other people's kids since then. It's been a long time since I checked in on this board! I've currently got an 8 year old boy, who needs help with reading comprehension. He's shown some interest in history, and I've still got our old...

Personally, I think the answer to this is yes, and yes. Yes, Zimmerman stalked Trayvon. He viewed himself as defending his "territory", standing guard, catching baddies, whatever. He was hyped up on testosterone and fantasies of being the good guy. Yes, I believe Trayvon acted aggressively...

No, they'd call him Babaji! The names have all been changed, and the word "Sambo" doesn't show up anywhere in the book. It should be pretty safe! (No more dangerous than any other book featuring children from other countries, anyway.)

Actually there's plenty of different editions currently available at Amazon.com. I'd personally recommend "The Story of Little Babaji" as it brings Sambo back to his native India and changes the names of the characters so you don't risk having your toddler point at a black child and exclaim...

The original artwork was racist, though the story itself wasn't. Sambo was supposed to be Indian, but the art used minstral imagery with exaggerated red lips, blacker than black skin, white eyes, and a huge smile. It was a way for the dominant white culture at the time to demean black people...

One rule we try to drive home to the kids in our church is, "Always assume good intentions!" So if someone hurts your feelings, don't assume they meant to do that. Instead, calmly ask them what they meant. And then either address the problem if there is one or let it go if there isn't. My...

Okay, you win! :lol:

But how can you account for the fact that it didn't show up in print until 1881? And the earliest reference to it being about the plague was in a book published in 1961? Things that get passed down in oral tradition change in meaning a lot. There's really no way to know what the original...

It's been a long time since I've checked in on these boards, just as it's been a long time since we homeschooled our kids. My daughter will be graduating from a public high school this fall. She's in an extremely competitive program. In order to get all of her science and math courses in...

Actually, Ring Around a Rosie is probably not a reference to the plague at all: http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/rosie.asp I know, I was disappointed, too. It was such a cool story!

I've heard these sorts of awful stories from the US before... All I can say is that it makes me glad to be Canadian. We have a lot more personal freedom when it comes to our schools, both public and homeschooling. I know several children who attend high school part time, doing a "victory lap"...

I had to think about this one for a few days, before I could comment... I don't think the cover is respectful to the child. Children have their dignity. It is perfectly normal and reasonable for a 3 year old to say... use a sippy cup, suck his thumb, breastfeed and do dozens of other things...

Aw... poor things! Is Mist very young? Is this her first litter? Can you nurse them yourself? Googling pulls up tons of sites with advice on how to care for abandoned kittens, like this one: http://www.feralcat.com/raising.html It could be educational...?