In the never-ending quest to scour the internet and libraries for all science crafts and activities related to L.'s interests I found a great one last week. L. loves to build and design structures, and he has an uncanny ability to render his visions into small, almost-microscopic, blueprint-like form on paper. When he's inspired, he'll sit in his bed with his plastic protractors and compasses and his pencils and painstakingly draw his designs. T. doesn't quite possess this type of focus or interest, but she does love to work with her hands and manipulate objects. [more]

I spent five hours at L.'s school yesterday, and when I left I had a renewed respect for the teachers who spend eight+ hours there each day, and for L. (and every other kid), who spends six and a half hours at school each day. Scott and I log many, many hours at L.'s school, and we have always appreciated their open-door policy. [more]