Yippididippideeeeeee! We've replaced the keyboard! You would think I had lots to post about, but you would be wrong. I took a sneaky guilt-free few days off and it's done me the world of good. I couldn't get onto the computer to do any work, so I decided to relax.... by decluttering! Amazing what a bit…
Month: June 2013
Computer-less!
I'm without a computer for the foreseeable future, having spilt a whole cup of tea all over the keyboard yesterday! Would never have happened if I'd still been drinking coffee.....
Our One Year Pond Study Week 14: Bird Study – Mallards
Welcome to week 14 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. This week the children did a study on the Mallard duck. They read through all our past nature study posts. I asked them to tell me all they had learnt about the Mallard duck…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 4
I had a rare moment of self-awareness this week. Not spending (copious) amounts of money on coffee brings a certain clarity of thought. In a life where this is an infrequent occurrence I grabbed hold of it (this new self-awareness), and after introducing myself to it I found myself mulling it over during the week and came to…
Preschool Adventure Box: BFIAR The Big Green Pocket Book
THEME: Routines The Big Green Pocket book is probably my least favourite book from the BFIAR curriculum, and nothing in it sparked any major learning ideas. With that in mind, this weeks theme is only very loosely (if indeed at all) tied in with the book. I had pondered my need to work with A4 to…
BFIAR – Planning Our Second Row
I've been considering the specifics of a second rowing of the BFIAR books. I want to have everything basically ready to use in September, so I'm starting my planning early. I've written about how I plan our two rows here. This post is really me thinking out loud, concentrating solely on our second row. Our…
Ancient Chinese Picture Study: Han Dynasty
Painting of five Han nobles conversing and wearing elegant clothing. The second figure from the left carries a stylized umbrella. The figures are painted in ink and colours on whitewashed earthenware tiles. The painting was found in a Han tomb that dates between 50 BC and 50 AD Prior to the Warring States Period of 475-221BC paintings…
Ancient China: Han Dynasty & the Invention of Paper
This week we studied the Han dynasty and looked at the invention of Paper. As there is definitely a feeling of winding down, and because I want to make sure we get through the work so it doesn't drag into the summer, we did a verbal comprehension exercise based on this story of Wang the Peddler,…
Young Scientists at Play: Polymer Play – Making Snow
Did you know that up market nappies contain polymer balls? They exploit the water absorbing qualities in order to absorb urine. These are made from a similar polymer to water beads and are the chemical that is used to make fake snow. This polymer is also used for its water absorbing properties in gel flood bags to contain a flow of water.…
Nature Study: Our One Year Pond Study Week 13: Just Playing Around
Welcome to week 13 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. We had great plans this week of doing some water study. T11 gathered jars for water collection, thermometer for taking the ponds temperature, pH paper...you name it we had it. Only when we got…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 3
Source The challenge is on to pay off our mortgage in 2 1/2 years (mad goal) or in 5 years (sane goal). For the rest of the posts in this series see here In the interest of complete honesty, a sense of the ridiculous hit me this week. I am making my own washing up liquid, merrily…