Category Archives: Education

TJEd Forum: James Ferrell and Helping Things Go Right

How to Influence is a topic that is on the brains of all Leadership Education parents. Especially if you are a parent mentoring young adults. Those teen years are the years when we question who is having the greatest influence and if it is great influence. Continue reading

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LOVE…A true knight

LOVE LOVE LOVE stories of courage and valor. Continue reading

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Math for Young Scholars

Math has been a thorn in my side since I began this homeschooling adventure. Continue reading

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Playing with matches

Yeah, I know that it is a terrible thing for children to play with matches. But if you let your kids watch The Scarlet Pimpernel too many times…and you don’t light your house with candles…you have to have some sort of flame to seal your secret messages with wax. Continue reading

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Halloween Birthday

My Halloween baby just turned 14!  Look how big her feet are .  And yes, she carved that all by herself…with some serious gutting help from her sister.  She still doesn’t like the feel of the innards of a pumpkin. … Continue reading

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Wordy Wednesday

Welcome back to Wordy Wednesday! This week’s new word is… Mendacious: lying, untruthful or false. The neighbor boy told a mendacious story about how my bicycle was broken.

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Finding Peace

Did you know that the original intent of Mother’s Day was to be a day when mothers all over the world came together and discussed how to promote peace in the world? Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn … Continue reading

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Wordy Wednesday

Welcome to Wordy Wednesday…It all started with my Mama saying she would pay me a dollar for every word that I looked up, could say, define, spell, remember AND could use to stump my Papa. It was fun! Mama said it was getting too expensive so instead, she gave me a weekly guest blog post. This is where I will be sharing my new word and challenging you to use it! So take up the challenge! Continue reading

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Structure Time, not Content

In the Leadership Education model of education, one of the 7 keys to great teaching is Structure Time, not Content. Doesn’t that sound wonderful? Visions of everyone productively working on projects that make their hearts flutter are filling your head right now. Continue reading

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