I have been reflecting recently about just how much energy has gone into looking after a terrified teen whose health took a nose dive and whose life’s reality is very different to the plans she had for her future. Charlotte is now getting all the help she needs. She is under the care of some……
Category: Homeschooling
Precious Moments
We are in finishing up mode at the moment, in readiness for going on our Easter break next Thursday. This means it has all been itty bitty… One of our main goals this week was to clear the garden. Not very home school-y I know, but none the less was important. We had a lot……
Causes of World War 1 {World War 1)
The causes of World War 1 are both complex and unbelievable. I mean, people are killed by terrorists everyday, but those deaths don’t tend to cause a world war to break out. So how did the death of one man, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, create a war which lasted four years and killed an untold……
Life of Fred: Goldfish Revision Booklet
Just a quick post today, as I have my gorgeous husband at home and we are working in the garden and home together. I will write more on this at a later date, but I know some of you use the Life of Fred booklets I make and I am a bit tardy at posting……
Seasons of Joy
I begin this post today with a fresh perspective and renewed joy. Over the past year it has been incredibly special to be living a slow, quiet life. For the whole of the years I have lived, the world has celebrated extroverts, lively and flamboyant. As an introvert it has felt like I have been……
Precious Moments
We’ve kind of just plodded along this week. It’s been relaxed, calm and ploddy. I like ploddy. It suits me nicely. The week began with Mother’s Day on Sunday. I was very spoilt by everyone. Gary brought me a double latte from my favourite shop, which I enjoyed in bed, as the littles and Lil……
How to Make a First World War Map
Making this First World War map was trickier than any of my other map making endeavours. Because I am pretty relaxed about how any of my maps end up looking, I free handed it. This is not for the faint hearted, especially when you have teenagers looking over your shoulder pointing out what you’ve missed/forgotten……
Vincent Van Gogh Study
Rebecca was born holding a pencil and paintbrush. Not really! But pretty much from the time she could hold anything, her chosen anything was inevitably a mark making utensil of some sort – a pen, pencil, marker, crayon, paint brush…literally anything she could get her hands on. She is the first child of mine who……
Seasons of Joy
The big news this week is that we finally have a concrete diagnosis of Charlotte seizures and hallucinations. We have had a few over the past three months, but none which explained all her symptoms. She has seen a neurologist privately who diagnosed her with non-epileptic seizure disorders; a psychiatrist who said her eeg showed……
Precious Moments
This week has been super busy, with appointments with neurologist (which I will be writing about tomorrow) and lunches out each day with a different child/adult child (best idea ever! It is so good to spend time with each child alone, or in Charlotte’s case with Ads as well!). Despite all this, we did get……
Edwardian Unit Study Presentation
We have just finished a five month long study on the early nineteen hundreds. We have learnt such a lot, from reading books published at this time, to science studies on flight and ships, to the great Antarctic explorers of this era. The girls have worked hard to understand the suffragette movement and the sinking……
Beatrix Potter Literature Study {Edwardians}
The older children and I studied Beatrix Potter together many years ago, but I never got round to writing about it. This term we have spent many months working on our Beatrix Potter Literature Study. The vast majority of our work was reading all the excellent books out there on Peter Rabbit and his very……
Precious Moments
A great productive week this week. The sunshine makes such a huge difference to all our energy levels and general enthusiasm. Over the weekend, the girls had their Edwardian Era presentation, which I will be posting about later: It was their first presentation, and both were a little bit nervous. But they did a great……
War Poetry Tea Time {World War I}
Hosting a War Poetry Tea Time was an excellent way to teach the girls more about the heavy subject of the First World War. We had a lovely relaxed time. Abigail baked some Ration Scones, and I made some fruit jam to go with it. We made a lovely tea pot full of hot tea,……
Sewing a Hanging Heart {Sewing School}
After a few weeks away from a sewing machine, Becca has loved getting back to her needlework creations. This week she has been sewing a hanging heart. One of her Christmas presents was a stack of material squares. I thought these would be useful to create simple projects. She also got a small iron, ironing……