In my Heart My mum is one of the most special, incredible people I have the honour to know. She and I are so close. Growing up it was hard to tell where she ended and I began. She worked 20 hours plus each day to keep my brother and I at private school and……
Category: Homeschooling
Precious Memories Week 2
This week has been all about Gary’s parents visiting. We are so grateful they purpose to visit us annually without hesitation. We all get on really well and they both make me feel like they have gained a daughter rather than lost a son. It is said that Tom only teases those he likes. I……
Blessing others….
You all know how hard I have been working trying to declutter our cottage over the past two years? I am getting there slowly but surely, but there is one area with which I struggle and that area is (and this will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me in real life) the……
Introducing……The New Bedroom!
Gary’s parents have been visiting for the past week and Gary and Tom (his Dad) have been working some magic in our lovely but small cottage. We live in what is essentially a two bedroom 200-year-old cottage. Gary and I sleep in what was the office down stairs, the four girls sleep upstairs in one……
Continent Studies: Antarctica – Where in the World?
Main Learning Goals To be able to point out north and south on a globe To point to all continents and the Arctic circle To understand why the Arctic is not a continent whilst the Antarctica is To understand why it is cold at the top and bottom of the globe To realise Antarctica is……
One Year Garden Nature Study: Introduction
Welcome to the start of our one year Garden Nature Study. My plan is for it to be much like our pond study but I will probably only post once a month, mid month. I will, as always, include lots of photos as well as telling the story of our garden. Let me introduce you……
What Kind of Home Schooler am I Anyway?
In my quest to organise my blog, I am gathering all related posts into one post to make them easier to find. I tend to reflect often and change what doesn’t suit. These posts will contain my reflections and I am sure will be added to in the coming years. My thoughts on what……
Thirteen Years Today……Happy Birthday Son!
I am reposting last year’s post for my son, because he subscribes to my blog and it is just a little reminder of how much he is loved. I have added a little at the bottom pertaining to this year: Thirteen years today you burst into my life and nothing has been the same since. ……
Tudors & Stuarts: Explorers – Introduction and Resources
Hear ye, hear ye… I made a scroll to read out to the children during our first lesson, calling them to become Tudor Explorers extraordinaire. I was hoping to hook their enthusiasm early on in our study and I wasn’t disappointed. A6 and I made the scroll by printing out the words in old English……
Continent Study: Antarctica – Resources for Antarctic and Arctic Circle
I’ve been a bit remiss about geographical studies in our little home school. We have covered bits and pieces alongside our history but I haven’t spend inordinate amount of hours on it. This year, being an all or nothing kind of a person, I intend to go a bit mad by covering a heap of……
365 Experiments in, well, 365 Days!
Apologies for the double posts. My computer doesn’t seem to have changed to 2015 so posts keep being posted in 2014. Then I repost for the day it should have come out on ie today. I’ll attempt to get it sorted so I will only need to post once! One of my biggest goals this……
Mr Men Christmas Party
I had it all planned. We would hold a Christmas tea party to celebrate finishing Mr Men school and to end our year of Mr Men fun on a high. Well, we did manage to end it on a complete (sugar) high but my not so well planned party was not quite the success I……
(Happy) New Year Goals!
Happy New Year!! Oooh, I love new years! Reflections over the past year or years; taking stock of what you know, what you have learnt and what you wish you knew; fresh beginnings; a chance to get it right, a blank page, if you like, to fill with dreams and wishes. Happy sighs all round.……
Christmas Edition of Precious Memories
For us Christmas began on the 20th with some carols on the green. We met up at my friend Nik’s house. She had organised nibbles and mulled wine for the adults and hot chocolates and Toblerone for the children: We then left for the Green just up the road from her home. Gary led all……
Yearly Wrap Up 2014
When I look back on the past two yearly wrap ups, I can see just how much of a struggle 2012 and 2013 were. Each wrap up was tinged with the feelings of being overwhelmed – by cancer in 2012 and burn out in mid-2013. This year is a different story. I began the year……