tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74815699078613276302024-03-14T04:55:25.786+00:00Our Living EducationFibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-18745647777576700302012-09-12T21:44:00.000+01:002012-09-12T21:44:03.930+01:00Not back to school again!Yet another September and our second year of 'proper' home education. This past year has been a year when Tilda has learned to read fluently and gain a love of Fairy Magic books. She is also keen on the Mr Men and has read the entire library. We regularly trawl the charity shops on the search for more fairy books. We have played with Moshi Monsters, spent hours on their website and pouring over the magazines. We have painted, sewed and eaten lots of blackberries and elderberries (Winnie's favourite).<br />
We have gone car-free - I'd like to say it's for altruistic, planet-saving reasons, but really, our car was a big waste of money for what we used it for. We are now hiring a car for one weekend every month or so and to get our money's worth will actually have a day out - so we are hoping to put our National Trust membership to better use this year.<br />
Winnie is no longer allergic to dairy - although soya and strawberries still upset her and we've yet to try egg. What this means is that I can now eat Dairy Milk, which is fantastic (although not so great for the waistline).<br />
The absolute best thing to have happened this summer though is that we were given a piano! I am so incredibly chuffed with it and am quite pleased with the progress I am making on it. Now that I am a grown-up (supposedly) I have the attention span to practice. Matilda couldn't be any less interested I think, but Winnie loves it and is quite deliberate with her playing - high to low and vice versa, rather than just mashing it. I think it may be something she will take up properly in the years to come.<br />
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Here are some pics from the last week. We had a lovely paddle in the river, went to Conkers, to play in West Park (sooooo quiet and wonderful now the schools are back) and a Not-back-to-school Picnic at Highfields. Tomorrow it is off to Slingmeet, then a birthday party on Friday - everything seems very hectic this week!<br />
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<br />FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-40013331031566482022012-03-26T22:12:00.000+01:002012-03-26T22:12:11.231+01:00March so farWe've been in an inflatable planetarium, been to the zoo, fed sheep down on the farm. We've read a lot, made a heck of a large amount of cookies, sewn up dollies, crocheted eggs, started knitting a bag, finished a hat, started had lots of B12 injections, made stripey daffodils, cardboard box castles, learnt how to subtract big numbers, made princess hats, had pneumonia/pleurisy/collapsed lung, waited for a baby (still waiting) bought a tenor recorder, done Maths Whizz, finished Reading Eggs and lots of other things I'll have forgotten about. A few pics;<br />
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Anyway, once off the embankment we walked along the side of it towards Asda. Kitty was still with us. We saw a fox sunbathing at the top and I was a bit worried about the cat - until she charged at the fox, that is! That cat knows no fear - very proud of her - the fox scarpered!<br />
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On Tuesday, Steve is going to take Tilda to the BBC Stargazing LIVE event at Wollaton Hall. Depending on if I can get Winnie to sleep in the daytime, we might tag along!<br />
Tomorrow is the Nottingham Slingmeet, followed by McDonalds and a trip to Waterstones - rah!FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-61129089537656848732012-01-09T20:21:00.002+00:002012-01-12T20:26:56.779+00:00Round and round we go.....Today I have made myself dizzy by demonstrating the earth's orbit. To fully understand how day and night works, we made Austrailia my bottom and Matilda was the sun. Winnie was being a rogue asteroid belt. We've learnt loads about the planets and started talking about lunar cycles; umbras / penumbras etc.<br />
Also did a spot of face painting and Winnie has taken to crocheting her dinner!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdO1iKKx5tY/TwbpNcVHdKI/AAAAAAAAA_I/jjnLgH7mS1U/s1600/IMG_00062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdO1iKKx5tY/TwbpNcVHdKI/AAAAAAAAA_I/jjnLgH7mS1U/s400/IMG_00062.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Had a busy old few days... Friday was cake day but unfortunately Katherine was poorly, so I had to eat the refridgerator cake I made specially for Devena. Terrible shame! On Friday night Matilda decided that puking was the way forward - despite not really being ill, but we had to cancel going to the Nut Hut for Harri's birthday as she really wasn't awake enough! We went round to Nyree''s for birthday cake and slightly less energetic play in the afternoon though!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today saw us go to the Nut Hut to appease the birthday boy and they had a fab time! Winnie completely knackered herself in climbing and showed pretty much no fear. I had fun on the slide!</div>FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-86942402386480444832012-01-04T21:59:00.001+00:002012-01-04T22:05:01.957+00:00It's Official!We are now officially Home Educators! Today is the first day of term after Matilda's fifth birthday, so we celebrated with a trip to the library. I felt ever so slightly naughty too! It feels fun to be going against the norm. <br />
The day started with some Kindle reading in bed - she has just started on The Twits by Roald Dahl. There aren't many words she gets stuck on now and she gets the general gist of most things.<br />
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The weather last week was incredibly hot - not something I'm fond of and am quite aggrieved that we aren't having cold, crisp autumnal mornings! I want to get wrapped up with hats and scarves and go for walks in the leaves instead of wearing summer gear and not being able to do anything because of the heat! I finally got to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 on Saturday - just a few(!) months late. I saw it in 3d which I was really rather impressed with - it wasn't as extreme as I'd thought it would be from the trailers which were too much like hard work to watch. I thought the flm was fantastic too. Tilda was impressed with the free 3d poster I got too!<br />
On Sunday we went to Rowan's birthday party at which I may have hurt my back a bit on the bouncy castle whilst helping Winnie - I think that its destabilised it by wobbling in lots of direction at once, so I'm now a bit stranded for a while until its feeling stronger again. The last thing I want is for the disc to go again.<br />
This morning we have made some weather symbols for our map of Great Britain. Tilda has taken a liking to watching the weather forecast so now she can do them herself! <br />
I have to say RIP to Nyree's dog Fern, who died this morning from Parvo, combined with old age. ((()))<br />
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dinosaurs before breakfast - we identified Tilda's plastic dino as a Spinosaurus using our dinosaur atlas. We had discussions about carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, defense mechanisms, anatomy, archaeology, evolution.<br />
After breakfast we took a broken keyring apart and fixed it - discussing the electronic components.<br />
At lunchtime we learnt in detail the pure chemistry that is bacon and tinned tomato, with a sideline of protein and what you need it for.<br />
This afternoon, we went with Nyree, Lee and the kids to Attenborough where we got very wet, I ran to the cafe - something I've not done for a long time! There was duck/goose/swan feeding, tree climbing and more running. An insect book was bought and studied.<br />
After dinner we read Now we are Six, then did some of the Maths problem solving workbook.<br />
Now the kids are off to bed - Tilda listening to Harry Potter on her ipod.<br />
The vast majority of what was learned today was initiated by Tilda. Questions were answered as and when they came up, and they came up a lot! You definitely don't need to be in school to learn!<br />
Here's a quick pic of Winnie practising her walking at Attenborough.<br />
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Ok, so enough! What have we done this week? Sunday - bought and fitted a new stairgate so that Winnie can't get into the kitchen to eat the cat food - it contains egg and makes her puke! Ask me how I know.....<br />
Monday saw us go find a playground we'd not been to before - only had a slide in working order, so probably wouldn't go back. In the afternoon, we went to babysit for Harri and Rachael as Vaughan had impaled himself on a soup bowl and needed to go to A&E for xrays and stitches.<br />
Yesterday was fairly quiet as we all have a bit of a cold. Tilda read me her library books and did an hour of Reading Eggs.<br />
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Since it is now September and the schools are back (and we aren't) it seemed like a good time to get stuck back in. Matilda at the ripe old age of 4 and three quarters, would have started school a couple of weeks ago, so you could say we are 'properly' home educating now. It kinda feels a bit naughty. I can't say I've had any second thoughts however, particularly when I've seen how small some of the kids look in their uniforms. <br />
The past few months have seen so many new developments from the girls. Tilda is now reading <i>most</i> things she comes across. She obviously still gets stuck on some bits, with a silly language like English, how could she not, but it amazes me what she does know - words that we haven't taught her and didn't even know she'd heard. Nothing is safe anymore - no age-inappropriate reading material is to be left around any longer!<br />
Winnie took her first 'proper' unaided steps yesterday, has mastered clapping today, added Mama to her vocabulary (Dada and Idda) being the other words. She is signing like a pro having now gotten milk, enough, bird and nappy. She also drinks quite happily out of a cup. Soooo different from Tilda!<br />
We've just gotten back from our holiday to stay with my Grandma in Scotland. We stopped in Dunbarton on the way up, travelling up the side of Loch Lomond, then up the A9 through the Cairngorms. We spent three nights with my Grandma, then four nights in a caravan down the road in Findochty. The weather wasn't up to much and we didn't really have any 'big days out' when we were there - just a bit of pottering around really. We went to Culloden and to Clava Cairns which is a bit of a special place. We collected shells (and a eeny-weeny baby crab which was hiding in one of them and spent a night in my handbag! We went to our usual haunts, which weren't quite as good without the usual allergicky-laden foodstuffs, but I only put on a pound, so not as bad as it normally would be. We were instead stuffed full of Aberdeen Angus by Grandma, which wasn't entirely unappreciated and was bloomin lovely!<br />
We've seen lots of lovely crafted items and have taken away lots of inspiration for future projects. <br />
Also this summer, we've been to Denise and Chris' wedding which was lovely. The reception was at a hotel in a little sheltered gully where the children could happily run riot until it was dark.<br />
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Well - that's the start of the catch up - I'll do a photo-bomb post tomorrow!FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-48178077779521786042011-06-05T20:19:00.000+01:002011-06-05T20:19:38.890+01:00Back from ObscuritySo I've been more than a little slack. I have pictures from the last fortnight, but really can't seem to manage to get round to uploading them! We have bumbled along pretty much as usual. I do have a new pair of DMs - purple, shimmery and lovely!<br />
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We've bought ourselves a new, smaller tent to take away for weekends and such. It folds up pretty small and only weighs 16kg, so we should be able to fit everything in the car!<br />
Tilda enjoyed the tent show as usual!<br />
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I don't think there's much else to note. Steve's eye has held up for a couple of weeks now so is doing well!<br />
Today we went to Grampsy's for a magnificent dinner of roast lamb and a gazillion vegetables - we saw Great Grandma and Grandad beforehand. After dinner we had a walk around Grampsy's garden and then out into the village.<br />
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Steve had his eye op on Tuesday and had to stay overnight as he had a wheezy reaction to the anaesthetic. He unfortunately has to keep his face down (chin to chest) all the time for at least a week which means that he has a sore neck and can pretty much only play on his DS!<br />
We've had playdates with Nyree et al. Mildred the Kitten is the dark tortoiseshell seen here.<br />
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Cake club was at Tabi's new house which is lovely <br />
On Saturday Tilda had a fairy and pirates party at the leisure centre - she wore her Tinkerbell dress and stood out amongst all the pink!<br />
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Also - progress on my shawl this week,<br />
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Todat Grampsy came over for lunch and I've made some bread. Not much else doing!FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-60646065097075130232011-05-17T11:04:00.001+01:002011-05-17T11:05:35.245+01:00Ok - showing off a little bitI finished my Cassandra shawl!!!!! Normally I am the Queen of UFOs!<br />
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and this is the next project - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gathering-leaves">Gathering Leaves</a><br />
using Kauni Effektgarn in the EQ (rainbow) colourway.<br />
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On Wednesday we went for a walk with the gang up to the lock where we had a picnic. The bigger kids spent most of their time chucking mud into the river and getting really, really filthy. Part and parcel of being four, I reckon. The tide mark on the bath showed she had a good time! Rowan was her usual rock-star self and sat in the wagon with her shades on, taking it all in!<br />
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Thursday was a bit of a pyjama day - I recieved a black and white indio wrap that I had traded for my plum elipsen and its really rather lovely. Here it is with the rest of the stash.<br />
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Yesterday Tilda's Timbuktu Ocah Doll Sling arrived and she seems quite taken with it. We went to Sarah's for cake-club then briefly stopped in at Nyree's to say hello to the kittens and to collect Nyree's blocking wires for when I finally finish the Cassandra shawl - I'm about four rows away now but they are very long rows, so they take a while to get through - a couple of hours each!<br />
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Friday was cake-club at Laura's. It was nice to have Nyree there! I managed to kick the wagon with my little toe and ended up with a purple, poorley foot. humph.<br />
Saturday - Nyree and squidlets came for the afternoon.<br />
Sunday - we did the entire week's shopping on foot using the wagon and trolley! Tilda went for a very short ride on her bike - it hurts her wrists apparently!<br />
Monday - waited for the wagon canopy to arrive. Its really good, but does render the entire thing huge! It certainly makes doors difficult! We took a trip to the chippy to try it out and Tilda sat in the shade to eat hers. I wish I fitted!<br />
Tuesday - I had the dentist in the morning to replace a filling that has fallen out four times. I think he did a better job this time, but the anaesthetic has worn off now and it feels a bit sore. We collected my parcel of wool from the post office - Kauni Effektgarn EQ. There was a surpise 50g ball of the black/grey colourway in there too and I'm thinking it might look good with the rainbow. hmm.<br />
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Tilda has been practising tandem wrapping and we are waiting to hear from Steve. He thinks his retina has yet another tear.<br />
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I had a couple of holds of the Kittens at Nyree's. Mildred is beautiful and is just starting to walk. All three are wonderful and so sweet!<br />
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Tilda fell asleep on the way home and refused to be moved when she got back, so woke up with dead legs. Will have to work on what to do about that if she does it again!<br />
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Also arriving today was the Crazy fish (Pesci Pazzi) wrap that I traded for my Ocah. We have a matching doll sling too and its very similar to the colours in Eva.<br />
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After the activity, we came down and had lunch together in the main hall which is really nice. Tilda did a fair bit of running about and came home happy. I came home with blisters from my (normally fine) El Naturalista shoes, so I'm not impressed. Had to buy cheap flipflops on the way home! We posted our OCAH sling off to Beth and are awaiting a new Pesci Pazzi tomorrow! Steve is also expecting his own Ocah - a plain black wrap conversion.<br />
We missed the delivery of my wagon - stupid Parcelfarce - so I'm guessing that despite my asking for redelivery tomorrow on their website, it won't get here until Thursday.FibreSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03638801895837400459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481569907861327630.post-2440188153817676062011-05-01T21:44:00.000+01:002011-05-01T21:44:53.040+01:00Sunday BBs (Bacon Butties)Had a lovely morning at Donna's with a big pile of bacon sandwiches. Tilda and Louis played (mostly) beautifully! Steve had a try with Donna's new OCAH and declared it to be an extrememely comfortable HIT!<br />
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