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Website
of the Month
Supplement your upper primary and middle
grades math curriculum with interesting online games from
Calculation Nation,
the website of the US National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics.
Of course, as always, we recommend that
parents check content before leaving their children to navigate
a website. It is also a good policy to keep internet-linked
computers used by children in a shared area.
About Us
Elsa's turn this month, so here goes:
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I am not sure how much you’d like to know as even the
abridged version is rather a long story. A list of some of the
jobs I’ve had over the years might be a good shortcut, so here
goes: high school language teacher, Hansard reporter, tour
guide, editor, translator, web designer, writer, freelance
journalist and, now, bookseller. Even though a few of these
might seem a bit left of centre, they all involve lots of
communication.
I’ve always been interested in education and the role
motivation plays in learning. In particular, I feel that
teenagers have been marginalised, not only when it comes to
formal education, but also in society at large. All that
enthusiasm and creativity often get suppressed or channelled in
the wrong direction. For now, I’ll spare you my theories about
education and why a lot of what is available is not working.
:-)
I have had to scale down on freelance work over the past few
years due to health issues, but at the beginning of last year
felt ready to take on something completely new and exciting.
When Aly sent the newsletter saying she could no longer run
Leatherwood Books, Peter and I made the suggestion to buy it
from her although she had not thought of selling. What a good
move that proved to be, as LWB fits perfectly with our life
choices. It is a family-run business and very much a team
effort.
Since March 2009 we’ve been adding lots of classical
homeschool resources, audio books, colouring books and other
wonderful items, many on request from our customers. Looking for
the right titles to add and finding specific titles on request
are my favourite jobs (almost up there with unpacking the new
arrivals!). I have also taken to reading a lot of young adult
literature in an attempt to find titles that meet our high
standards. There are many terrible books out there masquerading
as YA fiction... finding jewels among them is most rewarding!
Leatherwood Books is an absolute pleasure to run and our
customers are wonderful. I love hearing about the families using
our books and really enjoy helping people to find just what they
want.
Between homeschooling two teens, running Leatherwood Books
and day-to-day family realities, there is not much time for
hobbies, but if I had all the time in the world I would be
spending it readin’, paintin’, singin’ and beadin’. I’m also
interested in medicinal herbs and love reading recipes... now if
only I loved cooking as much as reading!
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