We have been thinking a lot lately about those shadowy figures who inhabit the distant lands of The Past. And as a way of bringing them alive in our minds I thought we could have a go at living replicating some of their everyday activities. So this is us learning about how people in the past [...]
(sorry it’s not the best photo I can’t figure out how to get a good shot without the glare off the lamination) We are all sick here, well Lani is probably better but the rest of us are still coughing spluttering and going through boxes of tissues faster than the respect leaves a room when [...]
As part of our investigations into healthy food we decided to do a mini unit on food production and help grandma out with her veggie garden. We cleared a patch and under Grandmas direction and planted two different types of potatoes only Lilly insisted on writing out the labels so good luck to grandma figuring [...]
There has been a lot of backyard culinary creativity going on around here. Lani, Eli and Lilly have all been totally hooked on MasterChef and Lani is thrilled that Adam her favourite since about half way through took out the honours last night. She would like to be a fan of Japanese food (which Adam [...]
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 [...]
