Adventures of a home education journey
Welcome to my blog. I home school Jenson and Wren, who are 6 and 4 years old respectively. We live in Cheltenham in England with my husband, Simon, and all manner of animals including chickens, rabbits, a dog and a handful of fish. This is an online diary. It's a place for me to keep a record of the highs and lows of our home ed experience.
For the last few weeks we have been on a magical journey of discovery, story telling and some serious LEGO building as we've explored the wonderful world of Greek Mythology. This has been one of our most memorable projects to date and Jenson has accomplished some of his most challenging LEGO constructions.
Read MoreThis week is our geology and fossils week so what better way to kick things off than with our very own excavation of our beloved fox, who we found on the side of the road and buried in our garden six weeks ago.
Read MoreThursday and Friday saw preparations get under way for our first ever car boot sale or table top sale as Jenson has been calling it. He's desperately trying to save up for a new LEGO box and came up with this idea over the Summer.
Read MoreToday was our first official day back at (home) school after an enjoyable Summer spent mostly by the sea. I know there are some home schoolers out there who don't believe that learning ever stops for a child, but for me, I needed a break even if the children didn't!
Read MoreDespite the title of this blog, yesterday was anything but marvellous. The medicine on the other hand came in the form of wine.
Read MoreThe natural world has provided us with a wealth of learning material these past few months and this week was no different. Sadly on this occasion, it was a lesson about how cruel nature can be. The story didn't have a happy ending.
Read MoreDespite yesterday's butchered jelly fish, it didn't deter us from our next dissection project. The challenge came in the form of a dead fox.
Read MoreWith a full weekend of work for me, Simon and the children had headed to Devon to enjoy some sun, sea and sand.
Read MoreOff the back of Jenson's successful LEGO animation production last week, this week's LEGO Club stuck with the same theme.
Read MoreToday we have been on an amazing animation adventure where both Jenson and Wren produced their very first full length feature animated films!
Read MoreIt's hard to know where to start with this blog to be honest. It would be fair to say there was a massive fall out after the excitement of Wren's painting party on Tuesday, which left us all feeling exhausted on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Great British Bee Count began on 19th May 2017 and has been going on across the whole of the UK for the last month or so. It comes to end this Friday. It's an initiative that takes place every year and was set up by Friends of the Earth to help raise awareness about how much trouble our bee populations are in.
Read MoreFor the last eight weeks the children and I have been observing a pair of nesting blue tits in our garden. We have spent many enjoyable days watching these delightful little birds getting on with their business and we miss them now they have reared their young and flown away. It has been a wonderful learning resource and has provided a fantastic insight into their world.
Read MoreThe world of home ed takes us on some surprising adventures. Today for example we acquired some caterpillars from a friend who had posted something on Facebook. I'm not sure how she ended up with a pot full of the little creatures but they have been a fantastic learning resource for the children.
Read MoreAfter another terrible night's sleep for Jenson, he slept in this morning until 9am and I've noticed a sharp lift in his mood as a result.
Read MoreWOW! What a scorcher it has been. I was fortunate to have the weekend off but with Simon in London on Saturday and me and the children all feeling a little tired/hung over from Friday's grand day out and evening shenanigans we holed ourselves up and chilled with movies rather than attempt anything strenuous.
Read MoreToday has been another surprising day where Jenson has learnt about things I never knew we would touch upon when I woke up this morning!
Read MoreWe are really feeling the highs of home ed again after a tough couple of months where, to be honest, it felt like we were wading through mud. School had become a serious contender again as things reached breaking point. So what's changed?
Read MoreToday we've been on chocolate overload as we discovered everything there is to know about chocolate.
Read MoreLast week I took advantage of the fact everybody was on half term and spent most of the week trying to clear my work load. I don't feel half as guilty doing this knowing everyone else is on a break. It works out well as the usual places we go to tend to get very busy during holidays and the benefit of home schooling is we can do our excursions once everyone has gone back to school. We're a bit spoilt really.
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