Tag: Jane Austen

• Jane Austin {1810-1820}

  

  The 1810s were a busy time with George III officially being recognised as insane; the United States Congress declaring war on Britain; the Great (financial) Panic of 1819; Queen Victoria’s birth and the Napoleonic wars coming to an end.  As you can see, a whole heap of important events occurred during the early 19th century, […]

  Claire

  January 19, 2017

  History – Nineteenth Century, Homeschooling, Jane Austen

  Frankenstein, history, home school, Jane Austen, unit study

• How to Hold a Jane Austen Tea Party

  

  As part of our Jane Austen learning, the girls decided to hold a Georgian tea party, Jane Austen style.  I am so blessed by older girls who want to make the little ones’ childhood as magical as their’s was.  They pretty much organised this entirely by themselves….and A8 and B5 were beside themselves with excitement! […]

  Claire

  January 16, 2017

  Homeschooling, Jane Austen

  education, Jane Austen, oxford homeschooling, tea party

• Jane Austen’s House

  I have been meaning to post this for ages.  We visited Jane Austen’s house during our staycation.  Even the boys enjoyed this day out, although that may have been because we ended the trip at a quaint village restaurant for a huge feed! So without further ado…. The surrounding countryside: The house from a distance: […]

  Claire

  May 24, 2016

  History – Eighteenth Century, Homeschooling, Jane Austen

  1700s, 1800s, historical clothing, Jane Austen, Jane Austin’ house