I have been so busy with school this week I have taken practically no photos 🙁 In fact I wasn’t sure I would even be able to write the post. On Monday I spilt a whole pint glass of water over my keyboard, after which it began behaving peculiarly and out of character (‘out……
Category: Homeschooling
C12’s School Schedule 2015-2016
C is our resident nutter, and very proud of that accolade! She is as different from her twin as it is possible to be. A huge personality, she has much to say, is enthusiastic about everything, yet really struggles with concentrating over long periods of time (think minutes rather than hours or days!). She gets……
I think I may be going mad….
L12’s School Schedule 2015-2016
L turns thirteen in a few short weeks. She and her twin are not quite at the stage of studying for their GCSEs but they are the stage where they are forming opinions on what they would like to study. The goal for them is similar to T in that they will take 2 GCSEs……
T13’s School Schedule 2015-2016
T turns 14 in January. It has always been our goal to spread his GCSEs over three years and for him to study his A-levels at a sixth form collage. After some discussion we are going to aim for two this year, three next year and three the year after. He is already booked in……
Meadowland and Woodland Nature Study: Week 1
This year our nature studies will be focused on nearby meadowland and woodland. We have just begun to go for daily walks once again and so often find ourselves in the glorious countryside which surrounds the area in which we live. I’m going to enjoy this study. It will, I think, be focused much more……
Precious Autumn Moments
It’s been the last week of our holidays and I am glad to report we are all ready to return to work. I wasn’t sure my enthusiasm would return, it was taking so long to recover from the summer. But just this week, I have begun to feel my customary excitement and I am really……
Frugal Goals: Five in Five
Well, this is my last goal post focussed on the next five weeks. This one is all about saving a few pennies and learning more skills to save money in the future: To take time each day to explore Moneysavingmom blog. I used to read Crystal’s blog when she wrote under a different name (Biblicalwomanhood……
Homeschooling Goals: Five Healthy Habits to (re)Develop
I am aware that the habits I instill in my children now are probably habits they will keep for life. As most parents, I have done well in certain areas and not so well in others. I have also worked hard at certain habits with my older three but have been less diligent with my……
Home Making Goals – Five in Five
I feel I need to apologise for all my posts in the coming week. They will likely be boring for most of you to read. I want to write some goals down for the forthcoming term. I have in the past always written my schooling goals down but no others. This term I want to……
Precious Moments
Thank you all so much for your messages and emails. Each and every one of them brought comfort and we appreciate them so very much. Yesterday was my birthday, and honestly, I just wanted to curl myself up and escape under my duvet in a rather pathetic show of self pity…….only my children had other……
Brokenhearted
It is Wednesday morning and I am sat at the computer. The girls are next door making all sorts of cards and my son is upstairs. I am sad today. Sat on my lap is my gorgeous moggy George. He is 18 and dying of cancer. Since his diagnosis he has been living on my……
Reception Year (age 4-5) 2015-2016
Reading Reception year for B4 will be all about reinforcing her A,B,C’s. By the end of this year I hope B will be reading simple words. I will be doing some more letter learning activities from the free Easy, Peasy, All in One Home school ‘Getting Ready I and II’. This is completely free and……
Home Making – Soap Nuts
Over the past year I have tried out many different recipes for home-made laundry soap. We have very hard water and to be honest I wasn’t that impressed with any of them. At least I wasn’t until this summer. I had come across soap nuts during one of my forays into the world-wide web and……
Seasons of Joy: A Patchwork of Memories
Twelve years ago, I began to hand sew a patch work. I thought it might one day become a blanket or maybe a wall hanging. Every single piece of fabric used is from clothing my three eldest wore in the first year of their life. Each piece brings back memories. Each piece is beautiful because……