Month: September 2013
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One Year Pond Study: Catching up Week 28
Our pond a couple of weeks ago: I know, I don’t mean to confuse you all. We did a pond study, at the same time as treating everyone to hot chocolates for A5’s birthday, just before we went away on holiday. I had planned to write this pond study up whilst I was at my […]
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Angelicscalliwags Challenge: September Update
Hello, my name is Claire and I overspent on my holiday to Northern Ireland. There, I said it and it is very true. I’m thinking financially things will be a little tight until after Christmas, although to be honest that is always the case for us with every member of the family’s birthday falling between […]
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Little House on the Prairie: American Folk Museum Part 3
Click here for part one: The Irish Side Click here for part two: The Ship And welcome to part three: The American Side After disembarking the ship we headed straight for the prairie house. I had been under the mistaken impression that it was a replica of the Little House. It wasn’t. It was an […]
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Little House on the Prairie: American Folk Museum Part 2
For part one see here Having gone down the Irish street we entered the docking area to the ship that would take us to the American side: And yes, that is my husband carrying my hand bag. He carried it so I could take photos. It takes a very confident man to carry a woman’s […]
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Little House on the Prairie: American Folk Museum Part 1
One of the places I really wanted to visit when we were in Northern Ireland was the American Folk Museum. The reason being that it had an actual prairie house which had been transported back from America plank by plank and reconstructed on site. No it wasn’t a replica of the Little House (as I […]
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Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me…..
Source Yes, I know. One is not meant to sing happy birthday to oneself. It stinks of wanting to bring attention to said self. And believe me, if you heard me sing it (very out of tune) out loud it would bring lots and lots of attention (people pleading for me to stop, mainly). And yet […]
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Helping a Struggling Math Student: Utilising a foreign number system with a base 4
Please excuse the terrible photos. The children are rehearsing a play they have written and are intending to act out for my birthday. The living room has been turned into a theatre complete with scenery, stage and moveable curtains! It was therefore very dark when I took the photos!! The children discussed first what base […]
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One Year Pond Study-Week 28: Comparison Study Lough Fey
Welcome to week 28 of our one year pond study. Here is our pond this week: But wait, I hear you cry! That is not your pond! Yes, you are quite right. I’ve not been near enough my pond of late to actually carry out a pond study there, so I thought we would do […]
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Renewed, Refreshed and Reinvigorated
Hello everyone! You may (or may not) have noticed my blog has been a little quiet of late. There is a reason for this. I’ve been on a glorious, relaxing holiday staying with Gary’s parents in what might be the most beautiful country ever created (Northern Ireland). I made myself take no books, work, school […]
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Dante’s Divine Comedy: Setting the Scene
Source I know I’ve said it before but I LOVE our literature studies. I read Tusiani’s version of Dante’s Divine Comedy aloud to prepare the children for a 10 week study of the Inferno, concentrating on Canto I with Dante the pilgrim becoming lost in the dark forest. Studying the Divine Comedy with 10 and 11 year olds is a […]