Habit, Ritual’s Less Superstitious Cousin

/ March 1, 2010

In last Tuesday’s comments, Robert asked if picking certain mugs for specific projects would be considered superstition or habit. My answer? Habit. Little Phantasma has problems with her narrative voice whenever it rains. One day, she discovered that if she plays Bjork whenever she suffers from this, she can push through her narrative without too much tweaking later on. Now,

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Jeopardy Review

/ February 17, 2010

The quiz that was scheduled for last Friday was postponed to this Friday. Phantasma’s classmates are struggling with the animal kingdom, even with the extra study aids that Beth sent out. I’d be lying if I said Phantasma understood everything – she didn’t. She had problems finishing the study sheets and blamed the cat. (Quite possible it was either The

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Phantasma Update Now with Bonus Material

/ February 5, 2010

Just when I was panicking about getting photos ready for today’s post, Beth sent another email. For all newcomers, you can learn about the birth of Beth and Phantasma here and follow it all here. As predicted, Phantasma left a horse on Tessa Wolstein’s desk. Also, as predicted, Tessa ratted my child out to her mother. This left me with

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Phantasma’s Fundraiser

/ January 25, 2010

You know it’s bad when you read a letter from your imaginary daughter’s teacher and have the urge to tighten up the language. I have more important things to do than edit Beth’s emails. (Like the eight submissions I have to edit and critique.) Subject: Team fundraiserHello parents, Tomorrow your children will be learning about our upcoming team fundraising event

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Phantasma Learns About Protists

/ January 8, 2010

Or will be on today. Subject: Upcoming eventsHello and Happy New Year! I just wanted to take the opportunity to keep you informed of upcoming events.  This Friday, we will be completing a lab on protists.  Live protists are on order and the children will have the opportunity to view them under the microscope.  Our S B Nature Center in

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