It'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.
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.

 

Then off to the library to find some books about Space. We are planning a field trip to the National Space Centre next month with her friends so have gone to get some inspiration for artwork and projects. 

 

Winnie seemed unkeen on the library's organisation and seemed intent on relocating the baby books to the teenage fiction section.

 

 

I really rather cunningly managed to forget my keys, so we spent the afternoon at Nyree's, eating homemade chips. For which we are truely thankful!

Trip to the library

Taking a break from yet another of Tilda's ridiculous tantrums to write this. I'm so fed up with it. Everyday has a battle and I really struggle to like her much sometimes. She's currently sat in the porch, screaming for her Daddy, who won't be home for another 5 hours.
Asides from the stroppiness, we had quite a pleasant trip to the library. On Thursday Dave is bringing some frogspawn over for us to look after and observe, so we went to see if there were any books on frogs, Not really, as it happens! Highlights of library trips for me is using the self-scan automatic check in/out things - they even have a card reader for paying fines with! Our library is actually very beautiful - it has wonderful stained glass and a beautiful mosaic outside.  Lots of lovely tulips!

I've been and bought some card for friday with the ELEPhants - going to make some frogs with movable legs to decorate. Got me some paper fasteners and some sticky dots too!