Institutional preschool & K12 schooling have become so prevalent that mothers have come to believe it’s necessary to have a “curriculum” for everything. But the reality is, most basic math can be learned and taught casually, through everyday activities, because we use it for everyday activities! Here are some fun and simple number activities to build numeracy […]
Femininity Can Be a Learned Skill
Are We Noticeably Feminine? My husband and I went the other day to rent a movie for our anniversary. The man who checked us out struck us as rather effeminate and when we got to the car Michael asked me, “Was it just me or was he a little…off?” It really made me stop and […]
Motherhood May be Exhausting, but it is Not Narrow
A friend sent me the following GK Chesterton quote today, and I really like it. “I can understand how [mothering] might exhaust the mind, but I cannot imagine how it could narrow it. How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about arithmetic, and a small career to tell one’s own […]
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