It’s not very often I get to spend time one on one time with Isobel so I was really looking forward to the Matisse drawing with scissors workshop at the point. Although it is aimed at children 6 + I knew that Isobel would not have a problem using scissors. Ever since she first got […]
It’s really easy to get Harry interested in science if its something he can see and explore for himself. So this week we undertook another Mystery Science topic this time the question was If you floated down a river, where would you end up. So the first task was to think of some reasons why […]
This is Harry. I hope you like my first ever post and my Halloween story, if you do please comment below.
This week it was someone very specials birthday, Grandma Gingerbread. The other day Harry mentioned he’d like to be a baker when he grows up, therefore we thought we’d take the opportunity to let him test out his baking skills and bake a birthday cake. Carrot Cake seems to be a very popular choice in […]
Why did the mushroom always get invited to parties?… Â Because he was a fun guy! Guess where we have been again? Yes that’s right Potteric Carr. This time the Home Education session was about Natures Recyclers. The first part of the session was spent in the classroom discussing who was natures recyclers. These were creatures […]
We were very excited that on Wednesday 18th October we got to attend the Doncaster Book Awards Launch with special guests Chris Riddell and Paul Cookson. The DBA website can be found here. The Doncaster Book Awards aim is to:Â “create positive and enjoyable activities and events based on books and reading, give children a voice […]
So as I’ve said before we love to spend time outdoors and around nature. We are very lucky in that Yorkshire Wildlife Trust supports home educators. They have been running for a while now Home Education connection sessions in which a different topic is explored each week. I recently did a blog on the seed […]
With the new academic year starting and therefore new enthusiasm towards our home educating routine I really wanted a space dedicated to learning. We have been home educating for 3 years now and have always made do working at either the kitchen or dining room table. However I find that in the spaces myself or […]
Last year Isobel brought home a sunflower seed from school which she was asked to plant in the garden, water and watch grow. So we planted, Isobel watered and we waited and waited. We ended up with waist size sunflower which Isobel was really please with. As autumn came the plant withered, and when it […]
The Gingerbread House 