I have tried to instill this as a homework book for my son, writing anything that is worth remembering. Any formula that he comes across, definitions, difficult words and the meanings, vocabulary words... pretests. It is fun to go over the book at the end of the year, especially studying for the final exams, as we can go through the whole year in one book. Sometimes, we even have notes on the apple paragraph writing techniques when we worked on some essay or another.
Report for the day
The most fun thing we see sometimes is notes I write to Ben on the notebook, and his sometimes furious or funny responses. Seems like he writes so well (even sarcastically, can't imagine where that comes from) when he is passionate about what he writes. I found one such instance, and asked his how come he writes so fluently when he is angry. We finally distilled it to, one, he knows what he is writing about, and two, he is just in the moment and flowing, and three, he has a list of points he is covering. So we devised, a similar strategy for a sample paragraph test. He had watched a video on Fri for science on some volcanoes. I said, Ben please write a paragraph, and I got the not-so-surprising rolling of the eyes response. I insisted, that he find his 8-10 keywords and then attempt the paragraph, and not fill the sentences with repetitions or drivel... I got the paragraph in under 5 minutes!
Not so great news from my side though. Very cold and blustery conditions have stopped me from walking, and gearing up for the holidays, and organizing the swim team's holiday party didn't give me any time to walk. I hope to make up for this during the weekend, it will take an unusual amount of will power to go for a walk when all the family is over... please send me your positive thoughts while I keep the path!
Meditation Moment
Welcome to Day 18 - Living Unity
Our centering thought for today is:
Today's Sanskrit mantra and its English essence are:
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