It has been a funny ol' week, with some delight and some stress.... It began on Monday, with Thomas' 16th birthday (gasp...16!!), which unfortunately fell on the day of Charlotte's first English Literature IGCSE exam. We spent the morning unwrapping presents and spoiling our near adult son: He then went out for his yearly (birthday)…
Month: January 2018
Living Maths Resources for Fun Homeschool Maths: Maths Quest – The Museum of Mysteries
You all know how much I now enjoy teaching maths, especially since the addition of Life of Fred and the subtraction of traditional curriculum. One of my favourite things to do is shop Amazon for fun living maths resources with which to fill our day. Once a month or so, I am going to share…
Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Two – The Sun
Over the past month we have been immersing ourselves in all things sunny with the girls' astronomy unit study (Sun). We have been using Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy. I also have access to Everyday Astronomy from School House Teachers, as well as lots of bits and pieces I used with my older ones that…
Through the Lens: One Moment in Time (08/01/2018)
Each Tuesday, I am going to post one of Lillie's photos she has taken for her photography diploma. I'll not be writing anything, just letting the image speak for itself. I know Lillie would appreciate any feed-back, good or bad, so that she can grow as a photographer. Without further ado, here is her first:…
Homeschool Living Maths – Life of Fred: Butterflies
Learning Maths with Life of Fred: Butterflies The girls are still enjoying our hands on approach to maths. We have just finished learning maths with Life of Fred: Butterflies. This is book two in the Life of Fred Series, (which can be bought in the UK here) learning lots of new maths concepts. But first…
Wintery Seasons of Joy
My plans for Wintery Seasons of Joy Welcome to Wintery Seasons of Joy, I am so glad you are here! I have missed writing these posts, but y'know what? I have also missed looking back and reading them too. The next few months will be exciting as I seek to explore this side of my…
Precious Christmas Moments
We had a lovely Christmas! I was pathetic at taking photos though and only took them (when I remembered) on my phone, so they are not great quality. I need to get back into the habit of snapping everything in sight 🙂 Anyway, without further ado, this is what I did manage to capture. First…
New Year Goals: Blogging
In many ways, my blogging goals will be the most difficult to achieve due to that ever elusive time. Yet these are important to me. I've missed being part of the blogging world and I've missed having a full set of posts to track the year and prompt my ever diminishing memory 😉 So, without…
New Year Goals: Family
These five family goals are probably more important to me than my personal goals. Last term was so incredibly busy we struggled to eat together at the table, or spend any time together just having fun. I can see as the teens get ever older and become more and more separate from the family (for…
New Year Goals: Personal
This is a quickie post to document my goals for this year. I have spent a lot of time thinking and praying through some of the more unbalanced areas of my life. The following goals, therefore, attempt to address these issues. Read one book a week: I asked (and received) lots of books for Christmas,…
Happy New Year…
...from my family to yours! Normal posting will start again tomorrow. Here's to a great year ahead!