A Story about Ping is the very cute tale about an independently spirited little duck who lives on a ‘wise-eyed boat’ on the Yangtze River. One evening he fails to make it back to his boat on time and spends the night out on the river having his own brand of fun. He comes to……
Category: Homeschooling
A Day in the Life of my Angelic Scalliwags
Last year I missed doing a day in the life post, for the first time since starting the blog. I rather like these posts as a snap shot of how our lives change over the years, so last week I endeavored to highly irritate my children by following them around all day like a lunatic,……
Banana and Raisin Bread {Sugar Free}
This banana and raisin bread is a muffin recipe I was given by a friend when I lived in Northern Ireland. I’m not actually sure this is a bread per se. It is adapted from that muffin recipe we’ve been using for years. It is fail safe and very simple to make. My six year……
Seasons of Joy: The Ripples of a Sugar Free Life
Three weeks sugar free! Aren’t I doing well? I’ve been substituting all things sugar laden with fruit. Sweet fruit. Expensive fruit. Fruit, which if I continue to buy at the rate I am will surely bankrupt us. I have found this remarkably easy though and was even beginning to think I perhaps didn’t have the……
Precious Moments {15th April-21st April}
You know when you get to the end of the week tired but incredibly happy with life? That is this week for me. The whole week has been full of goodness. It was lovely to have a two week break, but as usual we are all much more content when we are profitably occupied, and this……
Interest-Led Learning for Teenagers: An Interview with Me!
Some of the questions you asked were geared towards me rather than my teens so I thought I’d interview myself using those questions as a basis! Describe how your school has changed over the past few years? Well, a few years ago we started experimenting with unschooling. Unschooling had always appealed, but attached to the……
Who am I?
Not because of who I am; but because of what You’ve done. Not because of what I’ve done, but because of who You are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU_rTX23V7Q Who am I? I am Yours
Seasons of Joy: The Battle is the Lord’s
I’ve been almost two weeks without sugar or sweeteners. Do you remember last week I wrote about the side effects of giving up sugar? Now I don’t know what constitutes a lot of sugar, but I would have said I ate a lot of it. In particular at night. Yet I have not had one……
Precious Moments {8th April to 14th April}
This has been such a fantastic Easter holiday week! I am liking this whole taking a break thing, and the children are loving getting together with their friends. I am completely ready for next term having spent days at the computer. (Note to self: next time plan to work just mornings and take afternoons off……
Plans for the Coming Term
This will be a strange term for us, with three out of five children preparing for an IGCSE in May/June. In addition to these taking priority over most other learning, I am also busy preparing for Thomas’ final year of homeschool; getting all my ducks (or should that be his ducks?) in order to ensure……
Interest-Led Learning for Teenagers: An Interview with Lillie
Describe how your school has changed over the past few years? I’ve been given more control over what I do. I’ve been allowed to choose which GCSEs I want to do and I am not being forced to any GCSEs that I don’t enjoy. I am pleased I am allowed to do this because I……
CompuScholar, Inc. {Review}
I was immediately intrigued by the courses offered by CompuScholar, Inc. the company formerly known as Homeschool Programming. We use the computer in our school every single day and yet have never taken the time to do any sort of course or increase our understanding of information technology. I thought the beginner course, Digital Savvy, would be too……
2 Peter 1:5-8 {Free Download}
Here is the second download: 2 Peter 1:5-8 I’ve put mine in my room so it is the last thing I see at night.
Precious Moments {1st April – 7th April}
It has been a glorious week this week seeing friends and enjoying the very definite spring-time weather…just lovely! We had friends over from Northern Ireland just for the weekend but we squeezed lots in and were exhausted by Sunday 🙂 Danielle took all the older girls up to London to see the sights: The trip……
Project Based Learning: 19th Century Impressionist Artists
Last year, Lillie studied four of the Impressionist painters of the 19th Century. She carried out biographical studies; explored a specific-to-each artistic technique and attempted to replicate a painting of each artist. Renoir Seurat Degas Monet This year, once her English IGCSE exam is out of the way, she will be doing a project on……