A Home Ed post...yes really!

Sometimes, this blog seems to be lacking in topics about Home Education, which is a bit of a shame really as that was the whole point!! However, LA is only 3 - so realistically it is going to be a whole lot more about life and learning, than specific to Home Ed.

Still - Here is a topic that fits the original plan (yes honestly, it does!!)

A few months ago LA decided she was going to learn to read. It started as "What does that word say Mummy?" "What about that one?"
It developed into "That word is the same as that one" and today we have a little girl who gets very frustrated when we tell her that the book she is waving about is "much too difficult" (yes I know, a very negative attitude...).
So we got some starter reading books from the library - mostly the Oxford Reading Tree and she sailed through them happily, looking for more.
I got my money out and purchased the Oxford Reading Tree and Red Nose Readers and shes so keen to read all of these, we were considering taking them away and slowly giving them back.

We haven't - as we realised that would be falling into the school trap. It would be deciding for her which words she should learn first, which when you think about it, really is a very silly idea.
So we read the "hard books" together, with LA reading the words she knows.

It does however totally reaffirm our decision not to send LA to school (she does ask to go - but that's another story), as we doubt this enthusiasm would be allowed to continue in a class of 30.

So much for the celebrating...

...we ALL came down with a sickness and diarrhoea bug yesterday. Yuck!
Poor Rich had to take the day off work, because no one was well enough to look after LA. But after it while, it became apparent that it was a good thing he hadn't gone.

We are still not feeling much better today. BA and MA have had a day off school (I'm sure that will cause trouble for them later this week) and LA and I have sat about feeling sorry for ourselves.

Rich has a parents evening this evening - so he felt that he had to go to work, but really wasn't well enough to do so. Lets hope no-one upsets him, he's not at his most patient when he's not well.

Wedding Anniversary

It's our 18th Wedding Anniversary today. WOW!
And how have we spent this momentous occasion?
Clearing out the garage!

We have a builder coming next week to have a look at it to see if it can be converted into a room.
We do desperately need the room - so sacrificing the day wasn't a pointless task.

Tonight we are off out, BA and MA are babysitting and we are going to have some adult time.
Peace.