I’ve not written a precious memory or seasons of joy post for a while. I’ve been trying to cut down on my blog writing so I can focus on a couple of other writing projects. This Seasons of Joy/ Precious Memory mash-up post covers bits and pieces which have been going on over the past……
Category: Precious Moments
Precious Moments
This week we have been on our half term. The children have been busy with all manor of artistic pursuits as well as a small amount of maths, just to keep their hand in. We also managed to squeeze in a visit to the beach, my very most favourite thing to do in the world.……
Precious Moments
The weeks are rushing in and out with a blink of the eye! We are having such a fabulous term. We are working hard, playing hard and joking hard. Routines and habits are slowly burning their intentional permanence into our hearts. Things, dare I say it, are feeling easier all the time. I have realised……
Precious Moments
This week has been as busy as ever. It started well with a trip to the beach: We make it a priority once a month to go and it occurred to me this time just how important this monthly trip is. Our children are growing into adults quicker than I can keep up. One day……
Precious Memories
This is the post I usually use to document all the stuff that went on outside of school learning, only this week I took absolutely no photos. Can you believe it? I’m not sure that has ever happened before. I think I’ve been a bit preoccupied by my follow up post to Saturday’s post ‘Addicted,……
Precious Moments
We began back at school full throttle this week and it has gone very well. Everyone has done maths each morning for an hour, with C12 and L12 both scoring high on their end of topic tests. A6 continues to read with mum. She will start some copy work over there as well. A6 has……
Precious Moments this Week
Sometimes life sends you along a week which makes you realise how blessed you are just to be alive to experience such a week. The last few days have been like that for us. We have been in a half holiday, half back at school week, the sun has been shining, the children have been……
Precious Memories
I’ve got a rather eclectic collection of photos this week. It has been such a good week. Peace has descended on our homeschool as we transition back to what works for us and away from unschooling. It has done us good to get unschooling out of our system. I know without doubt now that it……
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……
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……
Precious Moments – Unschooling
This week has been peppered with bad days and illness and very little has been achieved. I was going to write yesterday about new thoughts I had concerning our unschooling weeks but to be honest I really didn’t think it would be a fair reflection. However, I will say this – leaving the children completely to……
Precious Moments: Week Five – Schooling
Our second week of full-time schooling (as opposed to unschooling) and we have fitted a lot in. There seems to have been much cuddling this week, the reason for which is unclear: B2 hasn’t been in great form, with teeth coming through but she need not fear because she has her big sister A6 to……
Precious Memories: Week 4 – Unschooling
This week saw our first unschooling week in. We are currently alternating schooling with unschooling to allow the children time. Time to be children; time to explore; time to focus on their gifts and time to discover the person they were born to be. In general it has been a really productive week, although screen……
Precious Memories Week Three
Remember how we were going to do one week of schooling, followed by one week of unschooling? This was our first week back and boy have we been busy! My goal is to work the children really hard for one week, and then follow it by a week of pure, adult free, hands off interest……
Precious Moments 2015: Week 1
Last week, as we were preparing for guests I asked my rather changeable three year old if she would be behaving herself today. She looked at me with a genuinely thoughtful expression on her face, raised an eyebrow and shrugged her shoulders, both hands in the air, as she replied, ‘Mmm, maybe!’. I grinned, she……