Yesterday, I showed a friend what my eight and six year old were doing using their Life of Fred: Apples. I could see the incredulity in her eyes. ‘Your daughter is only just learning what 3 plus 4 is?’ I could hear her silent thoughts. And I doubted myself just a little. But I didn’t……
Category: Homeschooling
Whistlefritz: Spanish Educator’s Collection {Review}
My eight and five-year old just love learning languages and, whilst their knowledge is fairly basic so far, I am always on the look out for curriculum to feed this hunger. So imagine my delight at being chosen to review the Educator’s Spanish Collection by Whistlefritz!I was particularly excited because I was going to be……
MarshMedia Health Education Curriculum {Review}
Today I would like to introduce you to MarshMedia a company that produces health education products mainly for use in schools but would like to reach out to the homeschool community. To this end, they have put together a Homeschool Special just for you! Who Are MarshMedia? In 2011 Dan Witcher and his wife Brenna purchased MarshMedia……
One Person Who Has Had a Strong Influence On Me {Lillie’s Response to her exam question}
This is another exam question from this morning’s mock exam. I needed to hear this more than I care to admit. Exams loom. And though it is my children who are taking them, there is a certain amount of pressure on me that they do well. Ultimately, exams are what society uses to measure a……
What is Happiness? (IGCSE exam question answered by Charlotte age 14)
This is an essay my daughter wrote during the last 45 minutes of a 2 and 1/4 hour exam. I just smiled the whole way through. There is no greater gift a child can give a mother, than pure unadulterated happiness. I have typed it exactly as it was written so there maybe small errors……
Precious Moments
There is not too much to write about this week. The older ones have been taking one past paper after another to prepare for their upcoming exams. I have been working hard along side Thomas, who was feeling the strain last week. It has paid off though because he is feeling a little more relaxed……
Taking a Blogging Break
Things are going to be quiet here over the next few weeks. I have three taking exams this summer, with Thomas’ first in less that two weeks time, so I feel I am needed in the trenches so to speak 🙂 I will try to keep posting my Precious Moments posts but that will be……
Seasons of Joy: Still hanging on….
This is just a quick post, because I am crazy busy. So, having been sugar free for a month, this week I decided to decrease my fruit intake, which I think was probably masking any sugar deficit cravings I was (seemingly) lacking. I didn’t stop eating fruit, just decreased it. Man, this was waaay harder……
Precious Moments {29th April- 5th May}
I am very time poor at the moment, what with working alongside the littles and working with Thomas on his chemistry for hours each day. It’s paid off though because he is definitely starting to find the past papers a little easier. We were blessed by his physics teacher coming round and helping him with……
Life of Fred Maths as our Core Text
Living maths has always appealed to me, but I have never been confident enough to do it long term. I did, however, take Lillie off the traditional maths she was obviously struggling with (and very behind in) and we did living maths for a year together, starting from the very beginning. I was completely surprised……
David Livingstone {1870-1880}
The children learnt all about David Livingstone, a Victorian doctor who traveled to Africa as a missionary. We read the following book on his life and watched the Victorian Pharmacy, an excellent dvd on medicines available during the Victorian times: But most of our work was based on an extensive David Livingstone learning pack which I……
A Pair of Red Clogs {FIAR}
This week we have been rowing Five in Row book, A Pair of Red Clogs: Mako’s delight in her new pair of wooden clogs is almost contagious. The little Japanese girl is so proud of her new clogs which are painted with red lacquer that shone beautifully. Alas, she cracks her shoes playing the weather-telling……
Precious Moments {21 April – 28 April}
Gary had planned all week to move the logs from the side of the garden to the back of the garden, so we can create some flower beds. So in this quest, he spent Saturday morning laying some paving stones next to the teen nook for the log shed to sit on. The littles had a……
When Life Stands Still
Have you ever felt your life stand still? Maybe for a moment, a day, a week, a month or even a year? You see friends and acquaintances moving on, possibly furthering their careers or even changing their career all together, or having more children and adding to their family. And through it all, you kind……
Planet 316 {Review}
A few weeks ago we were given a new review product, Daily Bible Jigsaw from Planet 316. I settled down each night looking forward to completing the puzzle of a day, only to find my husband had got there before me! So this review, although written by me, contains all my husband’s thoughts, because, y’know, he……