Category: Teaching
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Typefaces
Updated February 5, 2014 to correctly display the LaTeX screenshot, minor prose edits, and added discussion of font styles. I do not know if you have a favorite font. I do. I really like Microsoft’s Calibri font because it is very readable on screen and paper and it looks professional. With that in mind, it…
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Glue on Paper
Last summer I assigned my son, then six years old, to do an “inquiry.” Inquiries are guided studies of something, and empirical inquiries are like mini science fair projects. At the time I asked him to pick a topic he selected “how does glue work?” Exploring this at the chemistry level seemed like too big…
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Back Yard Oriole
We were visited by a female Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii this evening, and the last. She came to the feeder for the grape jelly. I guess her kids eat like mine. What a treat to see her.
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Simple Gifts
The melody for Simple Gifts is one of my favorite, going back to Copland’s interpretation I heard on vinyl when I was small. My son learned the song, to sing, in preschool this year. Since he likes the song I made an insert card for our Melody lap harp. It prints on letter paper (8.5…
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Clock for Teaching
I made a print-and-cut clock for teaching my son to tell time with an analog clock. It is linked here. If you find it useful or have improvements please leave comments.