Well, it’s taken me over a year but I can finally report a weight loss of thirty pounds! It sounds so much, until you see the photos and realise how far I still have to go! No matter. For now I am over the moon to have lost that much. I have another seventy pounds……
Category: Homeschooling
Reflecting on our Term
This has been a great term! Having spent last year and the beginning of this year trying our hand at different things such as project based learning and unschooling, we have settled somewhat into a lovely groove of unit studies and project work. We currently school for five weeks before taking a break. Each five……
When Worship Speaks Straight to your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLvEYCbJiM And this is my prayer in the battle When triumph is still on its way I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ So firm on His promise I’ll stand And I will bring praise I will bring praise No weapon formed against me shall remain I will rejoice I will declare God is……
Seasons of Joy: A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That
Wibbly Wobbly Weightloss I was so hoping this would be the week I could post my third picture showing the loss of the next ten pounds of fat. (I am posting a picture every ten pounds I lose, so I can look back). I was convinced it would be this week, but alas I’m not……
Ancient China Unit Study
Week One: Resources Week Two: The Geography of China and Xia Dynasty Week Three: Shang Dynasty and Writing Systems Week Four: Zhou Dynasty and Chinese Religions Week Five: Qinn Dynasty and the Chinese Currency Week Six: Han Dynasty and the Invention of Paper Week Seven: Han Dynasty and a Picture Study (Five Han Nobles) Week……
Incr-Edible Science: Popcorn Lab
All of the information in this post comes from this popcorn lesson, absolutely none of it came from me! I am simply recording what we did. Gathering Information First I read out the goals and aims of the day. We had one whole day to carry out the four to five 45 minute lessons given……
Elizabethan Unit Study: Week 5: Spies and spycraft
This was our last week on the Elizabethan Times. The children still have one further week to finish up the Pirate’s of the Golden Age projects and we will be doing a five week unit on Shakespeare over the summer. Biography This week we finished Elizabeth I: The People’s Queen: We learnt about Elizabeth’s later years……
Around the World with FIAR: Katy and the Snow Plough
Katy is a tractor who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter. One winter the snow is particularly bad and only Katy is strong and resilient enough to clear the snow and make it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs. Geographical Theme for the Term Katy is working……
Friday Fun: Love Themed Cup Cake Battle
Have you ever seen cupcake wars? I’ve included a video below of the very first season, first episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Gf_xRhhYg The concept is to create a cupcake using the theme given and ingredients provided. As the competition progresses the competitors are judged on further aspects. For example, their first cake is judged on taste alone whilst……
Seasons of Joy: So Grateful
We have been studying about world view recently in our morning bible study. It has brought about much discussion concerning things in life which affect our world view, changing it for better or worse. One thing which really stood out for me was how much our own attitude affects our view of the world and……
Elizabethan Unit study: Week Four: Drake and the Spanish Armada
Biography This week we continued to read the next couple of chapters from our main core book: We learnt about the political and religious back drop to the Spanish declaring war on the British, and the resultant failure of the attack by the Spanish Armada. The Reformation I’ve shared these books before but for cohesion……
Incr-Edible Science: Cereal Lab
We have a new student joining us on a Friday for homeschooling. Usually Friday is chore day and we do very little book work, but having another student gave me the momentum to do a bit of Incr-Edible Science and carry out a cereal lab. Goals To look at the food pyramid and be aware……
Elizabethan Unit Study: Week Three
Biography We continued to read the next two chapters of Elizabeth I: The People’s Queen. We learnt a lot about Mary, queen of Scots and were introduced to the necessity of spy craft to keep abreast of any threats to the throne. We also read about the queen’s progresses or road trips and how the queen……
Renaissance: Tudor Explorers Unit Study
Week 1 – Introduction and Resources Week 2 – Making a Paper Mache Map Week 3 – The Urge to Explore Week 4 – Preparing for the Journey Week 5 – Ships and Sea Monsters Week 6 – Navigation part 1 – How to make a Chip Log to calculate Speed Week 7 – Navigation……
Around the World with FIAR: Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening is a poem by one of my very favourite poets, Robert Frost. This a simple poem which Frost claims he wrote in just one night. Simple it maybe, but it has a class that spans the ages. As it is short I have included it here: Whose……