Okay, so seriously.

How is it that I never read anything of Jonathan Stroud's until now? I'm devouring his books, guys! Honestly, I must have walked past his books several dozen times in the bookstore and never picked one up. Or, more likely, picked them up and put them down based on bad blurbs. HOW DID I LET THIS HAPPEN?

Today, Ana was playing with a stick when she decided to break it.

And after she broke it she came running up and said "Connie! I broke my stick with using my hand!"

This might be a simple error like people make all the time - starting to say "with my hand" but deciding mid-word to go with "using my hand" instead - except that I feel certain I've heard her use the "with verbing" construction before, if not very recently.

I like it a lot, actually :)

Articles!

One about a classroom desk design that allows students to sit, stand, or sit and kick their feet without being disruptive

There's a video of it here

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On a similar note, an article about the importance of recess. Would you believe, I can't recall having recess at all in elementary school? (Except in the 5th grade, when I went to a different school) I wonder sometimes if my memory is just flawed.

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