On the way home, we met this little fella, with his sibling, playing by the road.
Old Mother Fox was watching nearby.
Old Mother Fox was watching nearby.
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Foxton Locks
We met with a group of other home educators to celebrate I's 6th Birthday.
A lovely day. Happy Birthday I.
Monday, 15 June 2009
We continue...
...despite the horrors that have emerged from the Badman Review into Home Education. What on Earth is that man thinking???
We are not autonomous in our approach to Home Education, we do have some structure, albeit loose and open to instant change! We have a slack routine, because that is what suits us best.
Each day, we start by reading a book to each other. LA is currently reading Level 4 on the Oxford Reading Tree. She enjoys these books, so we mainly use them, although we will read anything else that takes our fancy.
We then plan our day. I tend to have ideas which I offer to LA and she chooses which we will do, obviously often, as is the way of a 5 year old - she has the ideas and I choose!
Today we played a few board games, made various solid shapes with the magnetixs, watched a little TV, we looked at the tadpoles in our pond, some of which are still tadpoles, and some of which have become minifrogs, we marvelled at the stages inbetween and we talked about the order in which these things happen.
Then we found a very strange looking insect on the Hazel Tree, we spent about an hour looking it up on the Internet - but failed to find out what it is. I shall continue to look after she goes to bed.
Then we looked at the plants we are growing in our vegetable patch, and noticed how they are changing. We looked closely at the peppers emerging from the flowers. LA then wanted to draw a picture of one of the flowers, so got out the pastels and did so.
She then got the inks and stamps out and stamped a garden picture.
We have sung several songs, played clapping games and played the drum. We have talked about temperature and placed a thermometer in the garden so that we can record the temperature. Obviously when it thundered we took the opportunity to discuss thunder and lightening and how the sound moves slower than the light.
LA has written all about this in her diary. She's now experimenting with bubble solution in the garden.
What a waste of a day, she hasn't had any opportunity to fulfill her potential - better send her to school.
Oh, I forgot, she learnt how to sew too - picture of her first piece arriving shortly.
We are not autonomous in our approach to Home Education, we do have some structure, albeit loose and open to instant change! We have a slack routine, because that is what suits us best.
Each day, we start by reading a book to each other. LA is currently reading Level 4 on the Oxford Reading Tree. She enjoys these books, so we mainly use them, although we will read anything else that takes our fancy.
We then plan our day. I tend to have ideas which I offer to LA and she chooses which we will do, obviously often, as is the way of a 5 year old - she has the ideas and I choose!
Today we played a few board games, made various solid shapes with the magnetixs, watched a little TV, we looked at the tadpoles in our pond, some of which are still tadpoles, and some of which have become minifrogs, we marvelled at the stages inbetween and we talked about the order in which these things happen.
Then we found a very strange looking insect on the Hazel Tree, we spent about an hour looking it up on the Internet - but failed to find out what it is. I shall continue to look after she goes to bed.
Then we looked at the plants we are growing in our vegetable patch, and noticed how they are changing. We looked closely at the peppers emerging from the flowers. LA then wanted to draw a picture of one of the flowers, so got out the pastels and did so.
She then got the inks and stamps out and stamped a garden picture.
We have sung several songs, played clapping games and played the drum. We have talked about temperature and placed a thermometer in the garden so that we can record the temperature. Obviously when it thundered we took the opportunity to discuss thunder and lightening and how the sound moves slower than the light.
LA has written all about this in her diary. She's now experimenting with bubble solution in the garden.
What a waste of a day, she hasn't had any opportunity to fulfill her potential - better send her to school.
Oh, I forgot, she learnt how to sew too - picture of her first piece arriving shortly.
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Have to tell you about this site...
never mind LA, this is gonna keep me amused for hours!
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/1006/
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/1006/
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