Resources The children read the information which came with Homeschooling in the Woods. This included ship anatomy, sea faring sayings and their meanings, ship and sailor vocabulary as well as a sea chantey Blow the Man Down: I also gave them the following books I bought in a library sale: Ship Anatomy Using the ship……
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Renaissance: Tudor Social Classes
This week we spent some time looking at the social classes of the Tudor times. First we read about it using the write up from Homeschooling in the Woods and then read the appropriate chapters from the following book: I asked the girls to dress up as a member of each of the six most……
Learning My ABC’s: Five Activities to Reinforce Letter Learning (Aa)
I am currently teaching B4 her letters and their sounds. She is aware of some of them but I have not done anything formal. She has begun to ask to learn to read. Her sister (A6) is now fluent enough that she reads beginner chapter books to B4 and I whilst we are snuggling at……
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……
Learning my ABC’s: Thirty Days of Alphabet Fun
Well, not strictly my ABC’s. I know my ABC’s, but B4 doesn’t know hers and would like to so I am happily obliging. We began the beginning of this week and it was really fun. She really wants to learn and caught on fairly quickly. The plan is to cover a letter a day, five……
Bits and Bobs and Books
Where have I been? As a few of you guessed I have been in Northern Ireland for the past ten days staying with my incredible in-laws. I had tried to make sure a post went out each day, but to be honest the holiday sort of took over and I have been a bit negligent……
Guess Where I’ve Been?
Cinquain Poetry by T13
The premise of Cover Story is that the author teaches the student how to write the entire content for a magazine with a theme of their own choosing. T has chosen Fantasy Literature to base his magazine on. He really enjoys the fantasy genre having read all the Narnia books, The Hobbit and Lord of……
Blossoming Love by C12
For their writing curriculum (Cover Story) the children needed to write a poem. I really enjoyed reading each of them and thought I would share some on my blog. We’ve done very little poetry before and they all (including T) really enjoyed this unit. Here is C12’s poem about love called Blossoming Love. My cherished……
Book Bonanza: The Next Five and an Announcement
This is the penultimate week I will be posting five books. I have given away lots and lots of books over the past few weeks and it has made my heart sing and feel very grateful that I have such a surplus to be able to offer them to you. I have emptied my shelves……
Seasons of Joy: We were made to THRIVE
So, I was feeling a bit harassed with the day. Nothing specific was causing it, just too much going on in life and in my head. I don’t often feel like this and when I do Gary is fantastic at taking the children out to allow me some space. I don’t need much time, just……
A Day in the Life of a Family of Homeschoolers
I haven’t done ‘a day in the life of …’ post for over a year, so I feel it is over due! This is one day in March, a typical school day from start to finish. Early Morning Bedroom chores, dressing and eating breakfast, followed by regular daily chores. I only check bedrooms once a……
Illustrating Mendelian Genetics: Mr and Mrs Apple-head and their Applettes
Breeding Mr and Mrs Apple-heads to create some Applettes Yesterday I posted about our Gregor Mendel scientist study. We finished up our study with a bit of fun, making our own father and mother Apple-heads. It was a really great way to check the children fully understood the new vocabulary: allele, phenotype, genotype, recessive, dominant,……
Scientist Study: Gregor Mendel – Simple Genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel? Gregor Mendel is regarded as the first ever geneticist. He overcame poverty and the death of his father, funded his own education and finally joined the abbot to continue with his studies. He spent much of his adult life trying to answer the following question: How do mothers and fathers -……
Genetics: Fingerprint Lab
Over the past week we have been learning about Mendelian genetics (or simple genetics). As a fun introduction we carried out a fingerprint lab. Why a Fingerprint Lab? I wanted to show the children that there is only one of them. This was quite important for the girls to see, given that they are twins……