Comments on: Weekly Review: Week 1 http://thesinisterscribe.com/2008/07/25/weekly-review-week-1/ Random writings from a southpaw. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Barb-Harmony Art Mom http://thesinisterscribe.com/2008/07/25/weekly-review-week-1/#comment-996 Barb-Harmony Art Mom Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:18:24 +0000 http://thesinisterscribe.com/?p=412#comment-996 Hi Hope, Just wanted to say that my dh made the jump ropes that you sent me the directions for.....awesome! The boys are so happy now and my daughter and I even got jump ropes. Also, thanks for the link to the Persian music. We are studying the Rise of Islam this week and it is perfect to dial up a little sample to listen to while we work on our mosaic art projects. Thanks again, Barb-Harmony Art Mom Hi Hope,

Just wanted to say that my dh made the jump ropes that you sent me the directions for…..awesome! The boys are so happy now and my daughter and I even got jump ropes.

Also, thanks for the link to the Persian music. We are studying the Rise of Islam this week and it is perfect to dial up a little sample to listen to while we work on our mosaic art projects.

Thanks again,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom

]]> By: Eilidh*Cat http://thesinisterscribe.com/2008/07/25/weekly-review-week-1/#comment-991 Eilidh*Cat Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000 http://thesinisterscribe.com/?p=412#comment-991 Maybe you could do a compare and contrast writing contest thingy where you challenge Sam to write a funny essay versus an essay that sounds like a book. Then he can do the paragraph where he says "Good ol' Al" and the same paragraph over again, all tricked out like book speak (without being book plaguarism). Maybe the challenge is that some day he can get something published, or turned into a play or a tv or movie script. I remember my Mom teaching me how to write essays and papers by saying "Tell me the answer, like you're in a play. Now write down what you just said outloud. Now take out just the parts that sound like slang." But then again, we were helping my mom run lines (practice dialogue for theatre) when we were little.... we read before Kindergarten, and I think I was helping her run lines by the time I was in 2nd grade. We were a nutty family, I'm sure. :) Maybe you could do a compare and contrast writing contest thingy where you challenge Sam to write a funny essay versus an essay that sounds like a book. Then he can do the paragraph where he says “Good ol’ Al” and the same paragraph over again, all tricked out like book speak (without being book plaguarism). Maybe the challenge is that some day he can get something published, or turned into a play or a tv or movie script.

I remember my Mom teaching me how to write essays and papers by saying “Tell me the answer, like you’re in a play. Now write down what you just said outloud. Now take out just the parts that sound like slang.”

But then again, we were helping my mom run lines (practice dialogue for theatre) when we were little…. we read before Kindergarten, and I think I was helping her run lines by the time I was in 2nd grade. We were a nutty family, I’m sure. :)

]]> By: Barb-Harmony Art Mom http://thesinisterscribe.com/2008/07/25/weekly-review-week-1/#comment-990 Barb-Harmony Art Mom Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:39:06 +0000 http://thesinisterscribe.com/?p=412#comment-990 I found the President's Physical Fitness standards online and we have slowly been working on hitting goals each year. We can now get close to the level suggested in sit ups and push ups. We do the sit and reach just about every day and it is improving too. My boys do jump roping once a week...they hate it but after three years, they are getting pretty good at it. I found it was easier to try to reach some sort of concrete goal with the boys and now they are even doing really well on their mile run times. They take it personally when they look at the chart and they think their times and scores "stink". Little by little they improve every year. Just something we do, Barb-Harmony Art Mom I found the President’s Physical Fitness standards online and we have slowly been working on hitting goals each year. We can now get close to the level suggested in sit ups and push ups. We do the sit and reach just about every day and it is improving too. My boys do jump roping once a week…they hate it but after three years, they are getting pretty good at it.

I found it was easier to try to reach some sort of concrete goal with the boys and now they are even doing really well on their mile run times. They take it personally when they look at the chart and they think their times and scores “stink”.

Little by little they improve every year.

Just something we do,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom

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