I can’t believe I forgot to mention one of the best big words of all: defenestrate. My friend Em gave me that one. Defenestrate: To throw out of a window. Specific, to the point, and makes the kids giggle. A lot of the words that are no longer actively used have specific meanings. We now […]
Entries from September 2009
Supplementary Magniloquent Articulations
September 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Homeschooling · Parental Ramblings
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The kids have been into big words lately. It started, oddly enough, with an argument between them over panties versus underwear. Somehow that evolved to all clothing having been called garments at one time and that the stuff underneath was simply your under-garments. From garments, we got to spectacles. That one developed during a discussion […]
Tags: Homeschooling · Parental Ramblings · Playful Parenting
Little Lessons Everywhere
September 19th, 2009 · No Comments
We were listening to the Superhero playlist on my ipod in the car. It’s still pretty small; I definitely need to add to it. About five songs in we get to the Jimmy Olsen’s Blues by The Spin Doctors. They’ve heard the list many times but they decided to start discussing lyrics today. Really there […]
Tags: Homeschooling
