Deschooling was always part of the original plan…trying to get our little lady to reset herself, away from being part of a system. To give her time to adjust and get used to this new way of living and learning. Also, as a family and parents, we need time to adjust and shed the conventional learning methods. Going with the …
National Trust Mottisfont Adventure.
The sky was brilliant blue, the wind non existent, and the day’s temperatures looked promising for a second day of warm springtime. So, with some kitchen table learning done (and our doggie walked/scooted), we headed off for five hours of muddy wet fun at Mottisfont-and all by 1000 hrs in the morning 🙂 We were going to use our home …
Puddle Pirates!
When I first started this blogging adventure to make a record of our home learning journey, I had not envisaged I would be writing most days. We are doing so much and are so excited, it’s just spilling out, so I hope it’s not all twaddle! While we waited for the fog to disappear this morning, my little lady and …
Treasure and Lost Things.
If your little people are anything like mine, when you return from absolutely anywhere, their pockets are stuffed. Anything could be in there from someone else’s discarded shiny sweet wrappers, to acorns, fir cones, and rocks (not stones, but rocks!!). My little lady had a secret compartment in the inner sole of her clarks school shoes….I’d empty this every day …
Week One Day one.
So, the first day back to school for our little lady’s school friends, and her first day not at conventional school….and what fabulous weather greeted us for this huge life event! In what must be our most worn outfit, four of us got dressed in wellies and full waterproofs, to take one little man to pre school (they do alternate …
100 Acre Woods-Nature’s Playground Adventures in the Woods
As a family, we adore this nature playground in 100 Acre Woods. You can take a good woodland hike with the little people, you can play in a huge a sandpit and nature inspired playground blended into the woodland, or you can go au naturel and use nature to play, be creative, and employ that imagination. When we arrived in …
Detachment Wobbles.
Over the past few days our little lady has been having a few little detachment wobbles over leaving her friends at school. This is not entirely unexpected, and resulted in her making a card for her lovely ex teacher. She’s quite nosey, so wants to know who is new in the class instead of her, and she’s keen to know …
Mamma’s Day
Ever since the twins entered our lives with a bang, 5 weeks early, life has been pretty full on (they walked at 11 months, competively scooted at 16 months against each other, and then of course there were the early days, which saw at least 6 breast feeds a night!!). So, as you can imagine, all this calamity was a …
Outdoor Play Resources-Easy Ideas for Garden Play.
When children love being outside in nature, and outside being a great place to learn, it’s best to utilise whatever sized space you have, as much as you can, to encourage creativity and imaginative play. So I’ve been thinking about some outdoor play resources. When we moved into our home, the compromise was the outdoor space. However, with the beach …
Bang! Bang!
A sunny spring day and they are attacking the nails and wood with their hammers. They are busy creating a “see saw”, a “pavement”, (little brains are great), and a third just banging away liberally 🙂 I’ve already had, “but Mamma it hurts when I just keep banging myself”! Don’t panic, no serious injuries have happened, but they are …
