It’s February. Well, actually, strictly speaking it is not February. But my body clock and everything I am feeling tells me that it is in fact February. I hate February. For some reason, which I still don’t really understand, I feel rubbish at this time of year. It all feels so hard, like I am……
Category: Homeschooling
Precious Moments
Each Saturday night we have family night. Sometimes one of the teens cook or maybe Gary cooks with the help of the younger ones… this week, Lillie cooked a lovely chicken tikka. She was the one organising family night, and as such had commandeered the dining room table. So we ate on our laps wondering……
Sewing a Flower Fairy Quilt
Over the past few weeks, Becca has been sewing a flower fairy quilt using a mixture of hand sewing and machine sewing. I bought her a panel of alphabet flower fairy squares. Which is the perfect starting project to learn the basics of quilting. This allows her to create a beautiful finished product without the……
Winsor McCay Artist Study
As part of our Edwardian studies, we have been learning about cartoonist Winsor McCay. McCay was the first artist to have had a comic strip printed in a newspaper. He is best known for his Little Nemo comic strip (1905–14; 1924–26) and his Gertie the Dinosaur animation (1914). Our focus for this study was the……
Seasons of Joy
Home is a foretaste of Heaven on Earth, at least it is meant to be. That sense of belonging, safety and nurturing. The Israelites spent forty years searching for their promised home. In the Theology of Home, the authors refer to home as ‘domestic churches’, that we should endeavour to create a home which is……
Precious Moments
The week started with quiet time, starting a new Edwardian mystery and continuing with Robert Scott’s biography…all before nine o’clock 🧐 At nine the girls begun their workbooks whilst I attacked some of the mold growing in our bathroom. Whilst I was there I suddenly got the cleaning bug and cleaned the doorway area of……
Sewing a Drawstring Bag
Sewing a drawstring bag is easy peasy and a perfect first project to work on the sewing machine. I chose felt for Becca to work with because it is a non fraying material meaning Becca wouldn’t have to neaten any seams. Sewing a Drawstring Bag: Reading and Practicing We are using ‘My First Sewing Machine’……
An Edwardian Christmas
We have been learning all about the Edwardians in our home school. After much discussion, we decided that we would attempt to have an Edwardian Christmas. As a family, we have already had a Victorian Christmas, a Mr Men Christmas party and a medieval banquet. They were big parties along side some presentations to finish……
Seasons of Joy
Gosh I love being a mummy. I mean, Adore. Every. Single. Second. Even when it is hard. Even when it is full of anxiety. Even when I am so tired I don’t remember my own name let alone the children I purport to love so much… I have been looking over the, quite literally, thousands……
Precious Moments
We started the week with devotions, workbooks and a bit of catch up work from Friday: Devotions The girls doing their maths (in the hallway!) whilst warming up in front of the radiator I read the Edwardian Mystery book which is getting so exciting, and a chapter of our explorer book about Robert Scott -……
Simple Sewing School: Hand-Sewing a Pin Cushion
I am using ‘Sewing School’ by Aime Plumley to teach the girls to hand sew. Hopefully this is a prelude to something big for Becca. Although Lillie is very creative, and has been very dedicated to arts of all kinds since the age of 12, Becca has been interested in all things creative since she……
Edwardians: First Radio Broadcast
On Christmas Eve of 1906, Reginald Fessenden broadcast the first radio program from Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, Massachusetts. The Westinghouse engineers invented the vacuum tube detector (an amplifier) which led to the use of a synchronous rotary-spark transmitter (an early radio transmitter) for this first radio broadcast. Ships at sea heard the broadcast and included a……
Seasons of Joy
This week has been fabulous! It is so good to be back at school, in the old familiar routines. They fit like a glove and feel very comfortable 🥰 New Computer Set Up I have a new computer set up now to make it easier for me to blog. Gary bought me a key board……
Precious Moments
Starting back at school is always a positive thing for us. The children like to be busy, I like to have a decent routine and we all like to feel productive. This week began well with workbooks and Life of Fred maths early morning following devotions: After a quick break, I read some well known……
Seasons of Joy: 2021
I love a new start. A whole new day, with no mistakes in it… yet – one of the few quotes I remember from Anne of Green Gables, probably because it resonated with me. I can honestly say that the last few years, and particularly the past year, have been the hardest of my life.……