Tessellation Tip

Tessellation Tip

In order to keep them from crawling up the walls in their last week before summer vacation, I’ve given my seventh graders a tessellation project.  There are about ten million youtube videos explaining how to do this, so I won’t

Mother’s Education

Mother’s Education

Charlotte Mason educators often refer to the importance of “mother’s education,” a phrase that typically encompasses a mother’s training in child-rearing, her study of child psychology and educational best practices, and for many moms, her personal spiritual growth through Bible

Geometry Across the Curriculum

Geometry Across the Curriculum

I use geometric drawing across the curriculum in several projects.  Below is an in-progress shot of an 8th-grader’s design for a stained glass window, an assignment from my medieval history unit that incorporates symbolism along with geometric design. In world