Author Archives: franzie

… attempting to raise bilingual children

Posted on February 14, 2011 by franzie

I just removed these words from the description of my blog. I think 7 years into the journey of multicultural and bilingual childrearing I can confidently say that we have three bilingual children (taking their ages into account of course). … Continue reading →

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random ramblings about life

Posted on February 5, 2011 by franzie

As of the beginning of September for the first time since the arrival of our eldest daughter (M7) 7 years ago I’ve got all of my three children in some type of care some of the time. Now the thought … Continue reading →

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time management and email

Posted on September 15, 2010 by franzie

Being a distance ed student I have to be very diligent with my time and use it purposefully. I’m trying to learn all about time management from Michael, so the book that he bought for me (a year ago … … Continue reading →

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and the winners are:

Posted on September 1, 2010 by franzie

librarian.net the shifted librarian the National Library of Australia blog Library labs annoyed librarian hey jude And while looking through MIT’s OpenCourseWare stuff I found a really interesting course called “How to learn (almost) anything” , they’ve got the complete … Continue reading →

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one year on …

Posted on September 1, 2010 by franzie

it’s been a jolly long time and I get the feeling my blog posts aren’t going to get a whole lot more frequent even though I’d always hoped they would A new era has begun in my life. My children … Continue reading →

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