Whilst my home-made Incr-Edible Science curriculum is primarily one of chemistry, my personal aim is to help L10 become knowledgeable in the 'why' of cooking, rather than just the 'how'. L10 craves to be in the kitchen every spare moment and would like to run her own business linked in some way to cooking in…
Month: April 2013
Strength and Dignity
A final testimony by an African Christian just before he was martyred for his faith, by the tribe he once belonged to. "I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won't look back, let up, slow down, or…
Nature Study: Our One Year Pond Study Week 8 Admiring the Scenery
Welcome to week 8 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. This week we were going to revisit our tree study. I had lots of ideas and activities planned, but as we are finding out nature has a plan all of her own. We are…
Bittersweet Moments
Yesterday T11 asked if I minded if he didn't dress up anymore. He thought he had grown out of it and was only doing it for the girl's sake. Was that okay? My heart sank and I have to be honest, a sadness washed over me in that moment. He is growing up and I don't…
Marco Polo: Venice to Ormus
So this week we were off; dressed and prepared for our journey ahead: Our first leg of the journey to Cathay would take us from Venice in Europe to Ormus, in Persia. We had read up to chapter 18 in Marco Polo's Travels a few weeks before, taking us to the vicinity of Ormus (Hormuz). One story Rusticello relates is…
Preschool Adventure Box: B4FIAR The Red Carpet
Each week my two youngest are given a preschool adventure work box full of lots of exciting activities for them to do throughout the week. They are allowed to have a quick look through to build up their excitement for the week ahead. This week their B4FIAR book was The Red Carpet and the theme for the week was 'maps'. …
Looking Back: Ancient Greece – The Olympics
Continuing with my series 'Looking Back', where I am documenting learning the children and I did together prior to me blogging, this post is all about the Olympics. We did Ancient Greece about two years ago, when the children were about 8 and A was about 2 and B didn't exist yet! One can't study Ancient…
Making Memories
On Sunday the weather was glorious and the coast was beckoning to us; so we all piled into the car and headed to our favourite beach, and made it just in time for a picnic lunch:
Elementary Schedule
Over the last few weeks we have been working on getting ourselves in a good schedule for the first time since B2 was born. Change always takes a while and is often accompanied by much upheaval, but I can honestly say it has been worth it. Balance has returned to our lives. And it needed…
Young Artists at Play: Experimenting with Home-made Paint
When I called my young artists to the table for their art time, they were just a little bit excited: And so they should have been! We had made some home-made paints during our science time the day before and we coloured some foam with food colourings to give us a very different textured paint. …
One Year Pond Study: Week 7 – Spring Pond Water Study
Welcome to week 7 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. The pond was so quiet this week, there weren't many photos to be had. Nesting perhaps? There was the odd duck having a sleep: And that was it really. This week I wanted to…
Marco Polo and the Silk Road
This week was all about preparing for our trip across the silk road. Yes, I know, week three and we haven't even left Venice yet! I did say it was taking us a little longer than anticipated! We are still ploughing our way through 'Marco Polo's Travels'. It is getting easier and easier to read,…
Preschool and Totschool Routine
You may have noticed a plethora of preschool posts over the Easter break. This is because I have wanted to nudge the little ones into a routine and I needed to work on finding some activities which were easy for them to do by themselves. We have always had a strict routine, ever since the older…
Looking Back: Ancient Greece – Play Acting Athenian Hierarchy
It seems like an age since my last 'Looking Back' Post on Ancient Minoans. After the Minoans we studied Mycenaean history, but it doesn't make for very interesting reading and I can't find any photos so I'm skipping straight onto Athenian Hierarchy. The social structure was very specific in ancient Greece and very clear-cut. It…
Young Scientists at Play: Making Paints and Goop
Sunday night I made up some base for the paints I want my little scientists to make tomorrow to use in their 'Artists at Play' hour on Tuesday. Basically paint is thickened colour so I mixed some water, with thickener (flour) and ended up with a white base: I made it a little thicker than…