We are calling today the first day of term 3 although all this really means is that we are back doing regular maths sheets. Learning didn’t stop through the holidays but it evolved a little to be more spontaneous and involved a lot more excursions than we usually fit into a week. The kids are [...]
Guess what we are studying at the moment? The kids and I visited a police display at a local shopping centre. To be honest I found it a little disappointing and not really worthy of the massive add in the paper. The two police officers just stood there and expected the kids to just [...]
Want to know what the major problem with schooling at home is?? Can any of you with keen eyes spot the disturbance to our established routine? I’ll give you one more chance. The baby herself is not actually the main issue. She used to have a long morning sleep so we did all the fiddley [...]
The kids have been curious about money lately. I have been peppered with questions about Daddy’s work, why he goes there every day, why we need money, why some people say they can’t afford things and others can. After answering their questions repetitively over and over again (purposeful use of an unnecessary clarifier just to [...]
“Ahhh!! Daddy is being eaten by the dinosaur” –Alanah of course we had to have a peek at the dinosaurs even though we technically haven’t been studying them this term. But who can pass up the opportunity to put your hands on something so tremendously larger that yourself. This was pretty cool. They had a [...]
Me:”Hey Lani come and watch this on TV, we have a new Prime Minister” Lani:”Oh how come” Me:”Well this morning someone else got voted in” Lani:”Oh who by?” (we have been talking about democracies and how everyone gets to vote for the leader of the country) Me:” Well we didn’t get to vote only [...]
Seeing as how we have been focusing quite a bit on Australia and it’s Indigenous inhabitants this term we thought it would be a good idea to check out the Australian Museum. I am so glad we did. I was a little unsure of how they would all go behaviour wise and also whether they [...]
These are the kids wearing their finished Indigenous Australian inspired costumes that they designed and made themselves for a play. Lilly the sideways one is a Goanna called Googah, Eli with the sword is a crocodile called Kooria and Alanah is a kangaroo called Marloo. These costumes were for a play they were putting together [...]
I’m not even sure how we got to this but I guess this is what home Schooling is all about. We are putting on a play, maybe, if Eli wants to on the day. We have been looking at Aboriginal art and culture and as part of this unit I read Tales of My Grandmother’s [...]
This is a photo of our old, very narrow, constantly flooded and covered in rubble front path. It’s one of the things that has constantly bugged me about this house. When ever I pull up on the drive way a little sigh escapes me as I contemplate herding my gaggle of unruly children into the [...]
