I am aware that the habits I instill in my children now are probably habits they will keep for life. As most parents, I have done well in certain areas and not so well in others. I have also worked hard at certain habits with my older three but have been less diligent with my…
Month: September 2015
Personal Goals: Five in Five
This post is all about me! Yes, I know - how incredibly self obsessed is that?! No matter, I shall doggedly continue without guilt, because I think homeschooling mums can get a bit lost among all the, well, homeschooling. In my quest to still be interesting to people other than fellow homeschooling mums, I am…
Home Making Goals – Five in Five
I feel I need to apologise for all my posts in the coming week. They will likely be boring for most of you to read. I want to write some goals down for the forthcoming term. I have in the past always written my schooling goals down but no others. This term I want to…
Seasons of Joy: Homemade and Homegrown Beauty
In my quest for a more homey home, Gary and I have been busy making sure all our bits and pieces which we have collected over the years are up on the walls rather than being stuck in a box. Last Saturday, Gary retrieved his drill from a very disorganised shed and began drilling away…
Precious Moments
Thank you all so much for your messages and emails. Each and every one of them brought comfort and we appreciate them so very much. Yesterday was my birthday, and honestly, I just wanted to curl myself up and escape under my duvet in a rather pathetic show of self pity.......only my children had other…
Brokenhearted
It is Wednesday morning and I am sat at the computer. The girls are next door making all sorts of cards and my son is upstairs. I am sad today. Sat on my lap is my gorgeous moggy George. He is 18 and dying of cancer. Since his diagnosis he has been living on my…
Reception Year (age 4-5) 2015-2016
Reading Reception year for B4 will be all about reinforcing her A,B,C's. By the end of this year I hope B will be reading simple words. I will be doing some more letter learning activities from the free Easy, Peasy, All in One Home school 'Getting Ready I and II'. This is completely free and…
Home Making – Soap Nuts
Over the past year I have tried out many different recipes for home-made laundry soap. We have very hard water and to be honest I wasn't that impressed with any of them. At least I wasn't until this summer. I had come across soap nuts during one of my forays into the world-wide web and…
Angelicscalliwags Frugal Challenge Update
Our income has dropped considerably over the past year and because of more governmental changes we will no longer be receiving any kind of tax credits come April 2017. I am not opposed to the changes which state that by the time the youngest child is three the mother should be looking for work and…
Seasons of Joy: A Patchwork of Memories
Twelve years ago, I began to hand sew a patch work. I thought it might one day become a blanket or maybe a wall hanging. Every single piece of fabric used is from clothing my three eldest wore in the first year of their life. Each piece brings back memories. Each piece is beautiful because…
Precious Autumn Moments
After Shakespeare finished I was feeling very run down and extraordinarily tired. Last week I came down with a nasty sinus infection which I am only just getting over now. Usually I am the one in the family who rarely comes down with infections whilst everyone around me flounders. This time I was the only…
Shakespeare Unit Study
A Summer Shakespeare Club: Introduction Summer Shakespeare Club: Making Club T-Shirts A Summer Shakespeare Club: Adventure Box A Summer Shakespeare Club: Meeting the Members Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 1 Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 2 Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 3 Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 4 Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream – Day 5 Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet –…
Home Making – Part of our New Curriculum
Home Making has always been a bit of a fluid process with us here at angelicscalliwags. I'm clueless, so it took me no time at all to pass on my extensive home making know-how. I began when the older ones were three. By three and a half they knew all I knew. I am naff,…
School Year 2015-16 – Changes Afoot….Again! History Plans
I have realised that I write a post called 'Changes Afoot' each and every year. I guess that's because the children are always growing and maturing and thus the most effective way of learning for them also changes. This year's changes began with T13 saying he wanted to focus on science and could he please…
Flower Fairies’ Potion Party
A6 became A7 last week and to celebrate her birthday we had a potions party at her request. We have been reading The Land of Stories and this was her inspiration. I decided to make it a tiny bit more flowery and girly by theming it around the Flower Fairies. I didn't want to focus…