So today is our structured day. We’ve got geometry maths group here from 11-1 and then art from 2 until we finish. the earlier part of the morning is usually taken up with cooking something for the group, reading, music practice, tidying up and nail painting. Do you know even nail paining can be educational? [Continue]
… we know our children’s abilities and how they improve why should we be constantly having to prove that they have progressed. Take Rebekah for an example. last week at camp (there will definitely be Corfe camp pictures and blogging soon) Rebekah went Kayaking. She hadn’t done it since last year and this year she [Continue]
Well there was more education going on at dinner time, but oh no it was unplanned so doesn’t count! So the sausages, there were two left and four people who wanted to have the sausages. So each person needed half a sausage. Fractions for Jonathan! So what’s Ruth doing, how can this possibly be educational? [Continue]
And obviously, because my children are home educated, they won’t get one! Or maybe they will…….. just by following their interests, engaging in purposive conversation and leading their everyday lives. Hey Badman, leave those kids alone! So here we have Martin and Rebekah discussing the Home-ed situation in Germany in advance of [Continue]
I was once sat in a doctors surgery, rather bored, waiting for my turn to go and be poked and prodded. As I sat in the half empty room someone came in, picked up a chair and left. No-one batted an eyelid. No-one missed the chair. We were all still sitting comfortably. Then someone else [Continue]
So the Badman thing is really getting on my nerves and causing lots of ranting from the 3 older members of this household. The very nearly teenager is even more ranty having spent the afternoon researching the home ed situation in Germany (after spending the morning doing band practice and planning meeting and a photo [Continue]
The other day I was far to lazy to walk to the shops and buy lasagne (I had left over bolognaise and cheese sauce from the previous day) so Ruth decided to make pasta for me. It was very very nice. A little too thick, we’ll set the machine to 2 not 4 next time. [Continue]
A group of Learning zonies went to the Lifeboat and coastguard stations in Bembridge.We had a very good day we learnt lots about search and rescue like how they rescue the people what equipment they use the different conditions they had to rescue people in!At the end of the day I had to dress up [Continue]
