I have three tired teens in my house at the moment. Thomas, because he is burning the candle at both ends; Lillie, because she is needing to work through some emotional stuff at the moment; and Charlotte because she is working nine hours a day, desperately trying not to get behind on her Latin. I……
Category: Homeschooling
A Year in the Life of a Home-Schooling Family: Day 51
The essence of today actually began at three in the morning. I was lying in bed listening to an alarm going off. On and off. On and off. It went on so long, I was beginning to get irritated with the people to whom the loud alarm belonged. I mean, it was three o’clock in……
Homeschooling With MEL Chemistry: Soap Boat
Each Tuesday afternoon I get to spend time with my precious Abigail. We usually do some chemistry together from MEL Science. Abigail has a monthly subscription (her Christmas present this year). This week we created a soap boat from her second MEL Chemistry box, all about rocket science. Soap Boat: The Box Abigail is sent……
Homeschooling with the Curiosity Box
Abigail was given two science subscriptions for her Christmas present this year. The first was for MEL Chemistry, the other was for the Curiosity Box. Fortunately, these have been a great addition to her studies. She really enjoys Homeschooling Science and Engineering with Curiosity Box. I do the MEL Chemistry with her, and intend to……
Nooks and Crannies
We have a small house for seven. When we first moved in it was two bedroom, one living/dining room, one kitchen, one bathroom, a small study and a hallway. It is now four, almost five, bedrooms. We turned the study into a bedroom for Gary and I, the hallway into a bedroom for Thomas and……
The Littlest Room in the House
I thought I’d post some photos of the upstairs loo in all its finished glory! There are still odd bits which would be nice to have – such as a charcoal bath mat instead of the white loo mat, but we’ll get that next January when we cycle back to this room. Apart from that……
Mystery of History Volume One Posts
I have very slowly been writing the Mystery of History posts as we cover each lesson. We are probably going at a quarter the speed we should be, but I’m thinking some is better than none. And the girls call this fun school so I must be doing something right, albeit at a snail’s pace……
Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Nine: Jupiter
Jupiter: Reading We did most of our reading from the chapter on Jupiter from the Apologia text book. However, I also found a very interesting slide show on exploring Jupiter, which the girls LOVED. And whilst not strictly reading, NASA has produced a few quick videos, such as ‘Why with Nye – Mission to Jupiter’.……
Homeschooling with Work-Books: Jan/Feb 2019
It is half term here this week, and whilst the older ones will be playing catch up from last week (due to the two interviews), the rest of us are off. I will be doing lots of school planning, and a bit of home-making. I want to keep a record of all the girls are……
A Letter For My Newly Eight Year Old, Becca
Eight years ago today, you, the most gorgeous red headed little girl, made your way into the world. It was the end of a long pregnancy during which I was in and out of hospital with complete placenta praevia. Bitter sweet, you were to be my last baby, a fact I was devastated about; a……
Homeschooling with MEL Chemistry: Growing Tin Dendrite
Once a week, on a Tuesday afternoon, Abigail and I get together and do some science together. Usually it is from a company called MEL Science, with whom we have a monthly subscription (Abigail’s Christmas present this year). Last week we began with growing a tin hedgehog. The second activity we did was to grow……
Homeschooling with MEL Chemistry: Making a Tin Hedgehog
Once a week, on a Tuesday afternoon, Abigail and I get together and do some science together. Usually it is from a company called MEL Science, with whom we have a monthly subscription (Abigail’s Christmas present this year). The first activity we did was to grow a tin hedgehog. Making a Tin Hedgehog: The Box……
Joseph and his Coat of Many Colours
Joseph: Reading I did quite a lot of reading for this study on the Joseph of the old testament, including reading some articles online of character studies. It’s funny, because when I started this lesson I wondered if I could make it interesting enough for the girls, but when it came to it, I think……
Jacob and Esau
Jacob and Esau: Reading I read out the lesson about Jacob and Esau from the Mystery of History text book, and we also read around the subject using the family Bible. Honestly, the Family Bible is one of the best books I own for giving the reader lots of extraneous information helping them to understand……
Mystery of History: Lesson 13 – Abraham
We had lots of fun learning about Abraham, making star globes and lots of dress up clothes for the girls’ dolls Abraham: Lesson We read the lesson from the Mystery of History text book, as well as reading from the Family Bible, which gives lots of extra historical context: Our main activities were using the……