At the beginning of this study I had been looking forward to making an official Antarctica Continent box. I have never made a continent box before and I loved the very idea of collecting themed bits and pieces. I mean, is there anything more fun than that? I knew exactly the box I had in……
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Continent Study: Antarctica verses the Arctic
Most of our information had come from reading ‘Polar Explorers for kids’ out loud. This book is divided into Arctic and Antarctic explorers and contains so much more information on topics other than just explorers: The other two books are fun additions which I read through a few times. We LOVE Dr Seuss in this……
Book Bonanza: The Next Five
Here are the next five books (or in this case DVDs): There is the skip counting and addition Math U See songs CD (with song book included), the Primer teaching DVD and the Primer Teacher’s Manual. I will eventually be giving away Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta if I am able to locate the DVD……
Precious Moments: Unschooling Week
This week has flown on by and in general it has been wonderful. T12 completely took our chat to heart and worked really hard to keep to his schedule. He managed it every day and has, quite rightly, felt completely chuffed with himself. However, having had a week of self scheduling as well as time……
Around the World with Five in a Row (FIAR)
We will be using Five in a Row curriculum with my two littlest up until the end of 2015. We don’t have enough weeks to cover every book. As I am doing world geography with the older children along side their explorers unit I am also going to ‘travel’ around the world with my littles……
Map Work: Poles and Parallels
Resources We read a small amount of information from our Homeschool in the Woods curriculum but got most of our information from our core book – Charting the World by Richard Panchyk: Vocabulary to Learn Most of these words the older children had been exposed to before and were therefore familiar with. The goal of……
Tudors and Stuarts: Explorers – Preparing for the journey
We spent this weeks session learning about preparing for a long and arduous journey of exploration. We read from the Great Atlas of Exploration and the information from Homeschool in the Woods about the life of an explorer. We learnt about provisions and made some of our own. Provisions for the journey We wrote a……
Help, Please Mummy…and More Books
Friday morning I was in my room listening to my two littlest girls in the bedroom next door. B4 was crying over something. This is not unusual. Things bother B4 a great deal. I smiled that morning because over the steady moan of frustration coming from B4 was A6’s calming voice. A6 is a placid,……
IGCSE Biology: Genetics
Our biological science is based on the specification of Edexcel for their Biology IGCSE. My goal is to very gradually work through the specification with the hope of digging a little deeper than is required and letting the children follow areas of interest. I aim to make this study as hands on as possible and……
Precious Moments: A Superduper Week!
We are a family who likes to be busy and when we are busy all is well in our camp. And this week has been super busy which has lead to a super week! This was a schooling week (as opposed to an unschooling week) and we finished everything I had planned. The older children……
Biology: Genetics – DNA
We have just finished Microbe studies and together we have chosen to look at Inheritance and Genetics next. Again, I will be using the Edexcel IGCSE specification as guidance. Our studies will hopefully be in-depth and very hands on before we settle down to answering past exam papers to test how much the children understand.……
Biology : Extracting Your Own DNA
Actually this post will describe how to extract DNA from a banana, a tomato and from yourself. The method is similar for all three. Extracting DNA samples I gave the children the choice of extracting DNA from tomatoes, bananas or from themselves. It is very easy to do requiring nothing more than water, salt, surgical……
Scientist Study: Watson and Crick
Crick and Watson were 20th century scientists accredited (with help from Franklin and Wilkins) for discovering the structure of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid), one of the most significant discoveries of that century. The three men were awarded a nobel prize for discovering the ‘secret of life’. Franklin had died and so missed out, even though it……
Living Maths, Anyone?
This week’s giveaway is full of fun maths books to help your child play maths. I found all these useful when I took my twins off a curriculum for a year. Being curriculum free allowed the girls to relax and enjoy maths. They lost their fear of numbers. That year of no pressure, fun maths,……
IGCSE Biological Science – Microbes
Our biological science is based on the specification of Edexcel for their Biology IGCSE. My goal is to very gradually work through the specification with the hope of digging a little deeper than is required and letting the children follow areas of interest. I aim to make this study as hands on as possible and……