Dave Pommier
I am a homeschooling dad with a wife and two boys. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, so I feel compelled to write it all down. In my spare time, I work as a manager for the local health district, drink too much coffee, and am an overenthusiastic martial artist.
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
What we felt
Being the sort of person who delights in etymology, I found it kind of charming the other day to be told that the word ‘card’, as in to card wool, comes from the Latin carduus – thistle. I can’t really … Continue reading
Up the creek
My wife is planning a career change, and as part of this, she is studying to get her next degree online. She has set up a small room as a study, and often works from there. One of the things … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Science
Tagged bloke, flexibility, homeschool, learning in context, nature, science, shells
2 Comments
I have an interview…
I am pretty excited to have been interviewed by David from An Unschooled Future. Quite a fascinating character, I find his reasons for doing what he does just compelling. About the only other homeschool blog written by a dad that I read … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, homeschool, reflection, self determination, why homeschool
4 Comments
It’s not part of the syllabus
I found myself having a barely restrained argument earlier in the year. A retired school teacher was standing in my kitchen, and we had just gotten onto the subject of cuisinaire rods. I had just been showing off the new … Continue reading
Posted in Math, Science, Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, cuisenaire rods, curriculum, homeschool, learning in context, math, play, science
16 Comments