This is one of those pointless posts written from me to……me. Yes, sometimes I need a good talking to and who better to do it than yours truly? So Claire, this is for you: It is not a good use of time to become lost in the YouTube blackhole. In fact, some might say it……
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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……
Renaissance Explorers: Making and using a Quadrant
During the renaissance, if a sailor lost sight of land he needed to have a method available to him which would help him determine his direction. The quadrant was an instrument which allowed him to work out which latitude he was at: Source We had already covered some navigational methods used by the explorers during……
Renaissance Explorers: Making and Using a Magnetic Compass
Compass Rose It was during the Explorer’s Age that cartographers began using a compass rose to display orientation with regards to the map on which it was placed: A compass rose displays the cardinal directions of North, South, East and West on a map or nautical chart. We had already come across the compass rose……
Learning My ABC’s: Five Ways to Reinforce Letter Learning (Dd)
We used a dog topped pencil to point to things around the room which began with Dd. Things like door, dolls house and dog. As she found them and pointed to them she said the name of the letter, the sound and what they were. This activity reminded her that letters made the beginning sounds……
Ancient Meso-American Unit Study
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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……
Continent Study: Antarctica – Digging Deeper
I still felt there was much to explore in our Antarctica study but we were running out of time. I chose three more, fairly effortless activities to do to wind up our studies. Modern autobiographies about visiting Antarctica Much of what we had learnt about this pole came from secondary sources, although we did look……
Ancient Egypt Unit Study
Welcome to my huge Ancient Egypt Unit Study post. The children seriously LOVED Egypt and they still ask every single fun week we have ‘could we pleeeeease do Egypt again’! We did a lot, so like Mesopotamia this will be spread out over a few weeks. Ancient Egypt Unit Study: Resources Factual Books Our reading load……
Artist Study: Michelangelo
Resources we used http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOobsAtxsiM Biography of Michelangelo Having read the books and watched the two videos the children had a quick look at this website and then filled in a note page which I printed from Nadine’s excellent collection at Practical Pages: The Works of Michelangelo When choosing which pieces to focus on I returned……
Learning my ABC’s: Five Activities to Reinforce Letter Learning (Cc)
I dotted out the letters Cc onto a white sheet of paper and asked B4 to join the dots. This activity will help her remember how to write the letter Aa: We made the shape of Cc with our arms. This activity helped her to figure out how the shape of the letter looked and……
Genetics: Cell division – Meiosis
We are currently working through the specification for an IGCSE in Biology. The following is copied straight from that specification and is all the information we need to know about meiosis: Understand that division of a cell by meiosis produces four cells, each with half the number of chromosomes, and that this results in the formation……
Genetics: Cell division – Mitosis
We are currently working through the specification for an IGCSE in Biology. The following is copied straight from that specification and is all the information we need to know about mitosis: Understand that division of a diploid cell by mitosis produces two cells which contain identical sets of chromosomes. Understand that mitosis occurs during growth, repair,……
Genetics: DNA Replication
We have looked quite extensively at the structure of DNA as well as carrying out a study on the scientists who first discovered its structure and making our own models: The next thing the children needed to know about was DNA replication. This would be fairly important for their cell division lessons on Mitosis and Meiosis……
Learning My ABC’s: Five Ways to Reinforce Letter Learning (Bb)
I wrote out the letter Bb onto a piece of card stock and gave B4 some play dough to make up the letter from, using the home made play dough letter mat. This activity helped B to see and make the shape of a Bb: I wrote a big B and little b onto the……