Month: April 2018
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Mystery of History: Lesson Seven – The Sumerians
I am very familiar with the Sumerians, having studied them in-depth with my older children during our Mesopotamia Unit Study. It was interesting all those years ago and I was looking forward to digging in this time. An extremely advanced people, the Sumerians built cities, created the sexagesimal counting system as well as the very […]
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Spring Precious Moments {14-/04/2018 – 20/04/2018}
This has been such a lovely week. We have somehow found balance again, which is so important for the relaxed homeschool I always hope to create. There is a good mixture of jolly hard work, siblings spending lots of time together helping and playing together, as well as lots of time spent with friends and […]
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Homeschool Living Maths – Life of Fred: Cats
Learning Maths with Life of Fred: Cats The more I do Life of Fred, the more confident I am about it working as an exclusive way to teach maths. The girls really enjoy maths, and I can see it working in ways that I didn’t with the older ones. We have just finished Life of […]
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The Ice Age Unit Study
We have never done an Ice Age unit study before, so I was quite excited to be learning alongside the children. I decided to invest in a couple of extra resources to make the whole lesson more informative and interesting. As a result, it was a light-hearted and fun lesson: just how I like it […]
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Precious Moments
Oh my goodness! What a week. It started off with one young member of our family being burgled at knife point. We spent the beginning of the week giving police statements until the early hours of the morning, and the rest of the week reacting to the whole situation. No-one was hurt, but it has […]
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Australian Aboriginal Culture Unit Study
I am writing this post to gather the work we did on our Australian Aboriginal Culture Unit Study all in one place. This unit was a fairly short unit, but it was huge fun. And best of all the children remember it, even now, a few years later. Australian Aboriginal Culture Unit Study: Resources In […]
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Mystery of History Lesson Four: Noah and the Flood
We all know the story of Noah and the flood which almost killed off the world as we know it. Years ago, before I even knew about the God who created our world, I remember playing Noah’s ark with my friends and upside down chairs as the ark. But it was only when I came […]
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Spring Precious Moments {6th April 2018}
This has been a lovely week. We have been pretty much free of infection, working at half mast and enjoying the afternoons of free time. I’d forgotten what it was like to have time to do as I pleased and I have made great strides in my note page making skills, and am thoroughly enjoying […]
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Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Four – Planet Venus
Welcome to unit four of our astronomy studies! Lately, we have been learning all about Planet Venus. As before, we have been using Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Also, I have access to Everyday Astronomy from School House Teachers, as well as lots of bits and pieces I used with my older ones that I […]