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Frog Hollow Poetry Exhibit
The Seattle Frog Hollow class has the honor of having a poetry poster exhibit in the hallway gallery at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, alongside the work of other artists in the community. It is up right now, and if anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged children, Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Language, Teaching, Writing, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
Chinook Jargon
Continuing in our explorations of translation, my class has been playing around with Chinook Jargon. Chinook Jargon is the trade language of the Northwest, a pidgin of English, French, and several Salish languages. It was widely spoken through the 1800’s, … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged American culture, chinook jargon, Creativity, Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, Language, Seattle, Teaching writing
Food for an Eager Writer
My first year of my second stint of homeschooling, the year I was fourteen, I was given Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones for Christmas. I was also given a huge stack of Enviromints. If you aren’t versed on ’90’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged Creativity, Homeschooling, Language, Teaching writing, writing practice
Why Is English Spelling So Weird?
English spelling is undeniably chaotic. There is an exception to pretty much every rule. However, while it doesn’t follow orderly rules, English spelling does have patterns. I think that learning a little background about how English spelling came to be is … Continue reading
Posted in Language
Tagged Education, Homeschooling, Language, Seattle, spelling, teaching English, Teaching writing, Writing
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