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wonderfarm

Musings on passion-driven homeschooling and learning to write. Especially, learning to write.

my year of excellent essayists

my year of excellent essayists

january: notes on annie dillard

february: notes on montaigne

march: notes on sue hubbell

april: notes on joan didion

may: notes on anne lamott

june: notes on molly wizenberg

july: notes on e.b. white

august: notes on pico iyer

september: notes on m.f.k. fisher

october: notes on scott russell sanders

november: notes on michael chabon

december: notes on adam gopnik

thoughts on a year-long project (or, boring my readers for one last time)

  • click your way to inspiration

    • fun, thought-provoking writing prompts for teens (and adults!)
    • thoughts on why writers need warm ups like any artist, from sarah selecky
    • the budget-friendly, mostly-at-home mfa
    • 5 reasons why video games power up learning at mind/shift
    • penelope trunk's 7-year-old son interns as a stylist for a day
    • book spine poetry: fun to try with kids!
    • 17 essays by female writers that everyone should read
    • 25 mini adventures in the library from mama scout
  • let me show you my slides

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  • let's all sing like the birdies sing

    • @NothingBTBook Me too! :-) about 3 hours ago in reply to NothingBTBook
    • RT @alfiekohn: Ed Week says fed govt has already spent the staggering sum of $360 million just on development of the tests for Common Core about 4 hours ago
    • @DawnSuzette If you can't find it, can you make it? Are there other homeschoolers near you? about 4 hours ago in reply to DawnSuzette
    • @TheMotherCo Thanks so much for sharing my kiddo's work! about 20 hours ago in reply to TheMotherCo
    • @_sambo_ It is. I feel incredibly fortunate to have been part of it for 15 years! 11:28:23 AM May 24, 2013 in reply to _sambo_
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