http://butternutgirls.homeschooljournal.net Ordinary homeschool mom looking for a little magic in every day. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:15:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just have not been feeling very magic lately. I really do need a magic wand, but until I find such I guess I'll have to do things the way most folks do, with lots of ups and downs and kind of slowly at that. This is a good part ... http://butternutgirls.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/30/weak-magic-lately/ Today I read an article about a teacher who performs "magic" in the classroom; the kind of magic where he transforms an underachieving class of Harlem sixth graders into a class of kids who want to learn and in fact excel. After his kind of magic half his students gain ... http://butternutgirls.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/18/the-magic-wand-of-teaching/ I must admit that is a title I borrowed from a fantastic book my moms book group just read. It is a wonderful love story with some historical fiction about World War II thrown in. I loved it, but back to ordinary days. Today was an ordinary day but every ... http://butternutgirls.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/15/the-magic-of-ordinary-days/ Wouldn't it be nice to have a magic wand to wave when life isn't exactly what you want it to be. Well, alright, I suppose it probably work out perfectly even with a magic wand but at least I might have a clean house more often. Lately, I've been thinking about ... http://butternutgirls.homeschooljournal.net/2006/08/14/hello-world/