Tag Archives: Homeschooling
My Place & Yours – Yellow
I am really not a yellow person. Not that I have anything against yellow loving individuals however I have always held the belief that they would be just a little … Continue reading
Very small cave painting
As part of the unit on Australian Aboriginal art and culture we decided to have ago at cave painting, well rock painting to be precise. We used the dot painting technique that was originally used in impermanent sand art works. Continue reading
Pigs and honey
We read Jeanie Adams book Pigs and Honey. The book tells the tale of a family living in the Aboriginal community at Aurukun, a town on the cape York Peninsula … Continue reading
How to induce nightmares
We took the kids to see the Mythic Creatures exhibit at the National Maritime Museum, and scared the living daylights out of them. It was advertised as having Dragons, mermaids … Continue reading
Over the fence schooling
Last week our next-door neighbours provided us with loads of entertainment and learning opportunities when they had pavers laid in their backyard. We did our normal maths and English in … Continue reading
Money Matters
Lani has had a bit of a phobia of money, totally freaking out whenever it came up in maths last year. I realized that she had a problem visualizing numbers … Continue reading
How to make pillow case skeletons
Today we learnt about the importance of Skelingtons. Sorry I know I should use the correct pronunciation but some times the the kids word creations deserve to be spared the … Continue reading
Where have you been Pippi?
These are the two read aloud books we are going through at the moment. The Bible Stories one by Berlie Doherty we have only just started so I can’t … Continue reading
Sweet music to my ears
We’ve really been enjoying music lessons this week. Really we’ve just been enjoying making a lot of noise. Yesterday I did add a little order to their enthusiasm because that’s … Continue reading
Spontaneous Maths
This has to be the tastiest maths lesson we’ve had so far. I think I’ll be making my own pattern now, sip of coffee, square of chocolate, sip of coffee … Continue reading