The girls have requested a letter just like I wrote for T last year. Thing is, I have found it hard to write. I’m not sure why, but I think their twinship has something to do with it. Anyway, I thought I would start with their story together, which is how they began their life.……
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Ten Things to Love about Teens
I always wondered what life would be like once our three similar aged older children hit adolescence. Would all hell break loose, or would things stay as wonderful as they always had been during their childhood? The hormones hit once they turned ten or so. And things did change. For a while it was chaos. ……
Samuel Pepys Diary Assignments
Samuel Pepys was a naval administrator and member of parliament, known primarily for the diary he kept spanning the decade during which the great plague struck and the fire of London tore apart the very structure of his capital. He wrote candidly about both his private and public life. We are currently listening to The……
IGCSE: Biological Science: Revision Session for Bones
The following is the specification for the Edexcel Human Biology IGCSE. Part Four is all to do with Form and Movement and requires the student to learn all about bones, muscles and joints. We have done a fairly in depth study of bones previously and covered waaay more than is required we know. Never the……
My Gorgeous Little Girl
Little A7 sometimes gets lost in the noise that is our family. With three older, similar aged siblings and one fairly demanding younger sibling, she sometimes fades into the back ground of all the strong personalities. A is a quieter, placid and very eager to please child. She is full of love and so easy-going……
Precious Moments
Compared with last week, this week has been a walk in the park. We are finally settling into a great routine and after tweaking things for the past three weeks, I am glad to say no more tweaking is necessary. We are slowly becoming the peace loving home school we all know and love.……
The Renaissance Age
I’ve gathered all the Renaissance work into one place to make it (hopefully) easier to find. We very much studied this era by studying the people who lived in it and experienced it first hand. Leonardo Da Vinci, Fibonacci, Michelangelo and Gutenberg – we studied them all and learnt heaps about the renaissance at the……
How We Are Approaching IGCSEs as Homeschoolers
In this post I will address what an IGCSE is and how we are gearing up to take these exams in our little home school. You may have noticed the occasional reference to IGCSEs. I have had a few emails from my US readers asking what these are. I am also asked frequently how we……
Be-you-tiful Always: A Post for my Lovely Friend
I wrote this post for a special friend who has no idea how lovely she is. It always surprises me just how much variation in the world there is. It shouldn’t. We are created by a God with an infinite amount of ingenuity. I’m guessing if He wanted us all to be the same, He……
Meadowland and Woodland Nature Study
Welcome to week three of our one year nature study. This week we focused on the small river which is found running through the woodland, bordering the meadow land. The common lies atop impermeable clay which causes poor drainage during the wet months. These woodlands contain two natural springs as well as three seasonal streams……
Precious Memories
Before I reflect on my week, I must thank all of you for the outpouring of love and support I have with regards to me asking for help. One hears about how the home school blogging community is a rather special one, and of course I have seen that first hand over the years. But……
Frugal Goal: Saving an extra ten pounds each month
A couple of years ago we swapped our Wheatabix for oats. Doing this saved us a few pounds each week and used up considerably less milk saving us even more in the process. We roll our own oats. Not religiously, but my son prefers them and as he is up first and cooks breakfast, he……
Help, Please!
Sorry, that is rather a dramatic title isn’t it? I could do with someone’s help though. If you have been reading my blog for any time at all, you will know how absolutely useless I am at everything to do with the electronic world. I can write a post, I can even add photos, but……
Autumn Flower Fairy Nature Study: Bind Weed
Welcome to our first installment of studying nature with a bit of help from the Flower fairies. The flower we focused on last week was Bind Weed. ‘Bind Weed?’ I hear you cry. ‘Why on earth would you choose to study a weed?’ Well, it is a very pretty weed, and more importantly my two……
Nature Study with the Flower Fairies
Back in September I held a potion party for A7 and I did it Flower Fairy themed. It was such a huge hit that I got thinking about educational ideas using the Flower Fairy as a starting point. Around the same time we had begun another one year study, this time on a local meadow……