It's rough being in our family
Confessions of an earl grey addict
I have to confess in this public forum that I'm addicted to earl grey tea. I used to like the expensive stuff (Twinings) but because I drink so much of it, over the years I've had to buy the home brand version because I couldn't afford to sustain my habit. On Monday mornings I'd go to playgroup and have a cup of tea. But one wasn't enough. I'd have to go back for another. I'd visit a friend and enjoy the first cuppa. But start to wonder if it too rude to ask for another, an hour into our visit. I don't have milk or sugar with it. That just wrecks the purity of the experience. I would branch out sometimes and enjoy Lady Grey or French Earl Grey for a treat. But for everyday purposes my friend was the 'Earl'. But two weeks ago I went cold turkey. I just decided that it was time to break the habit. I have entered the world of herbal teas with all its strange flavours. Peppermint (toothpaste dissolved in hot water). Camom...
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that happens all the time to us - we always have one particular child who will not smile in group / family photos, and will probably pull a weird expression! I have told him I would like to make a whole album for him of his funny faces, I think we have hundreds to put in.
They are SO normal and unique, and obviously equally loved !! ....
Garth
As the mother of five children and a school librarian I thought that you might be interested in this free ebook considering the future of schooling and challenging the status quo.
http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams
It's written from a US perspective but has some good thoughts. Here are some of the quotable quotes from it:
In the connected age, reading and writing remain the two skills that are most likely to pay off with exponential results.
When access to information was limited we needed to load students with facts. Now, when we have no scarcity of facts, or the access to them, we need to load them up with understanding.
The two pillars of a future-proof education: # 1 Teach kids how to lead. # 2 Help them learn to solve interesting problems.
If you read it I'd be interested to know what you think.
I really enjoy reading your blog posts.
All the best with your new job and the changes it has brought to other aspects of your life.
One of your UK readers.
Linda
Really interesting quotes (I haven't got to the ebook yet). At the core of what we do in teacher librarian work in Australia is to give children information literacy skills. That is, the skills to identify the information they need to find and the best way to do that. They are right - more important than teaching facts is teaching how kids to find the RIGHT facts - not some rubbish they googled.
And reading is right at the heart of all that. You need superior reading and thinking skills to discern what is good information - information that will help you problem solve.
Very interesting.