Viking Day
A whole Day learning about the Vikings, eating a Viking Lunch and making a longship and Shield...a brilliant time was had by all.
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Sam & Ian archive6
A visit from Uncle Ian on his motorbike. Sam nearly did himself a mischief trying to put Ian's biker jacket on. The boys enjoyed their Easter Eggs.
Saturday 7 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
Busy doing nothing
Thursday 5th April 2012
It never ceases to amaze me that I when I think we are 'doing nothing' we actually seem to get a lot done. Today O didn't get out of bed till 10:30..he was SO tired and it was nice to just let him be whilst S and I worked on our own projects.
Me sourcing resources, Sam working on his reading, spelling and comprehension.
On finally rising the boys played together, taking turns and working out how to navigate the new Octonauts game on CBeebies.
Lunchtime, where we discussed tasks the boys can easily manage around the home. I have explained that they can do as much or as little off the list as they wish but for every completed task 5 HP will be issued. We also discussed the importance of healthy eating and setup a chart so they can assess if they have eaten 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.
Every day they achieve this 5 HP's will be given.
This seems to be helping O make more informed decisions about his eating (always a bonus).
After lunch S vacuumed the living room.
O worked on spelling, reading, comprehension and grammar.
S and I did some artwork and drew a fantastic Cityscape complete with skyscrapers.
We freecycled some of our old items to another family today.
S and I learnt about the life cycle of the ladybird and looked at our new book 'The Children's Encyclopedia of Animals'.
O also looked at the 'Paper Plane' book and tried to figure out some of the instructions..he got about halfway through a very complicated one all on his own.
Wednesday 4 April 2012
1st Post
Well, the start of my blogging and Home Education journey.
Yesterday the boys went to a play scheme for the morning and I felt very lost without them...so bought MORE books for them to peruse.
Both had a great time but were very tired when I collected them, so we watched a couple of films.
Later the boys practised their handwriting in the new journals I bought them and we looked at masks.
Both worked hard on Reading Eggs.
Owen and I looked at 'Splat' pictures and how to morph random splats into cars, zany birds and trains. He enjoyed doing this and having the splats as prompts stopped him from suffering with 'blank page fright'.
Talked about instructions and looked at our new 'How to make Paper Planes Book'..an extensive paper plane making session followed where we tried different designs.
New books arrived in the evening and the boys read:
Harry and the Dinosaurs 'Dinosaurs United' and Sponge bob 'Special Delivery' Sam also browsed the Encyclopedia of Animals.
The boys camped out in the tent setup in Owen's room. They enjoyed making their 'camp' and much giggling followed before sleep.
Today is a sad day as my lovely neighbour sadly passed away after a short and feisty battle with cancer..we are all very sad at this unfair turn of events. So a quiet day for us just looking at what interests us.
Owen and I designed some paper critters on http://paperboxworld.weebly.com/ and http://www.papercritters.com/pc.php
Sam looked at his animal book again and I printed out some resources.
Subscribed to Monominiis.
We thought a random act of kindness was in order so made paper animals, bath bombs and animal pillows. Next we built a cosy nest for them and snugged them in nicely with a large gift tag. We secretly delivered our package of critters to a house in the village, with a tag explaining what they are and how to look after them...there was much giggling, as we tried to hide so we weren't seen leaving our secret parcel on the doorstep.
Yesterday the boys went to a play scheme for the morning and I felt very lost without them...so bought MORE books for them to peruse.
Both had a great time but were very tired when I collected them, so we watched a couple of films.
Later the boys practised their handwriting in the new journals I bought them and we looked at masks.
Both worked hard on Reading Eggs.
Owen and I looked at 'Splat' pictures and how to morph random splats into cars, zany birds and trains. He enjoyed doing this and having the splats as prompts stopped him from suffering with 'blank page fright'.
Talked about instructions and looked at our new 'How to make Paper Planes Book'..an extensive paper plane making session followed where we tried different designs.
New books arrived in the evening and the boys read:
Harry and the Dinosaurs 'Dinosaurs United' and Sponge bob 'Special Delivery' Sam also browsed the Encyclopedia of Animals.
The boys camped out in the tent setup in Owen's room. They enjoyed making their 'camp' and much giggling followed before sleep.
Today is a sad day as my lovely neighbour sadly passed away after a short and feisty battle with cancer..we are all very sad at this unfair turn of events. So a quiet day for us just looking at what interests us.
Owen and I designed some paper critters on http://paperboxworld.weebly.com/ and http://www.papercritters.com/pc.php
Sam looked at his animal book again and I printed out some resources.
Subscribed to Monominiis.
We thought a random act of kindness was in order so made paper animals, bath bombs and animal pillows. Next we built a cosy nest for them and snugged them in nicely with a large gift tag. We secretly delivered our package of critters to a house in the village, with a tag explaining what they are and how to look after them...there was much giggling, as we tried to hide so we weren't seen leaving our secret parcel on the doorstep.
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