tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83938119374929455822024-03-13T21:11:39.748-07:00Learning with loveNettlefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008350193107617324noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393811937492945582.post-38798978435091953622016-09-21T12:50:00.001-07:002016-09-21T12:50:21.763-07:00Bishop's palace tripLast week, after tennis we decided to take a trip to Bishop's palace in Wells (England's smallest city), as we have been doing a lot of reading about medieval castles. It was a great medieval place to visit, with a moat, drawbridge, a gatehouse with holes in the roof where they would have poured boiling oil on their enemies, the bishop's chapel, stained glass windows, coats of arms, embroidery, battlements, arrow holes - everything we have been learning about castles! <br />
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Afterwards, we sat outside the beautiful Wells Cathedral, and bumped into a lovely homeschooling family that we know. The children spent about an hour running around on the green together. Home ed kids are never, ever short of friends to play with. Running around freely in an historic place, with all the time in the world is such a great way to socialise - and much more connected to the real world than attending the same classroom full of children the same age as you day in day out! :) We LOVE home ed!!! </div>
Nettlefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008350193107617324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393811937492945582.post-7246033646039307362016-09-09T16:41:00.003-07:002016-09-09T16:46:07.674-07:00Not back to school...So! This is the week we have been waiting for all summer, the week that the schools go back, and we have everywhere to ourselves again.... Bliss! We do miss our school friends though, but we will make an effort to get together with them out of school hours. Everyone has been posting pictures of their children on Facebook, with their uniforms and lunchboxes getting ready to start the new school year, and it is cute. I love seeing them all. Some of Acey's friends are going into Secondary school, which is kinda scary! <br />
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To celebrate NOT going back to school, the Taunton home ed group went for a picnic at the beautiful Fyne Court. There were so many other homeschoolers there, and it was really nice to catch up with friends, and have fun running around in the woods. It did make me feel blessed that they get to run and play freely, and I couldn't help thinking of (and feeling just a bit sorry for) the school children who were sat in a classroom. With home education, there is so much freedom, to run around, get muddy, climb trees, and to express who they really are without peer pressure. <br />
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On Wednesday, art history class started back up again. It is nice to get back into the routine of all the different groups that we go to. After the art lesson, the children love to run around with the chickens and play on the trampoline. <br />
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The rest of the week was a bit of a write off, as Acey came down with a stomach bug and then I started feeling iffy too. So instead of doing too much structured learning, Acey laid on the sofa watching Horrible Histories and playing Prodigy maths while I had a long sleep. (some Minecraft videos might have been involved too) And then we decided that fresh air would do us good, so we went with Dave to the woods. It was what we all needed, we picked berries, went for a refreshing walk and played on a tree swing. We also saw a man with a quiver of arrows on his back, which was rather fitting as we have been reading Robin Hood, although slightly un-nerving too! We had so much fun that we spent two days in a row there. I think woodland walks must become more of a regular thing. Nature is an excellent classroom, after all! <br />
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Happy September, thanks for reading! Nettlefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008350193107617324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393811937492945582.post-43839838602314662602016-09-06T15:10:00.001-07:002016-09-06T15:14:46.772-07:00A party in the mosque, recitations and Monday mathsAcey and Rio had a Monday math lesson with their lovely maths teacher who is also a home educator. She is such a fab, fun teacher :)<br />
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Our friend Hannah turned eight, so we went to her birthday party in the mosque. So much lovely food and friends!<br />
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Acey did a piece of handwriting I was really proud of. It was only a sentence, from his daily copywork book but writing joined up is something he struggled with for a long time, and this was so neat. So neat that I treated him to a jam doughnut! :) Sometimes it is good to celebrate the small achievements. <br />
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This week I have also been clearing out the bookcases, using the Konmari method. We had SOOO many books, it is taking a long time. I thought it would be difficult to part with books, as I love them. We have bookcases instead of a television! But actually it feels freeing to pass them on, as we weren't likely to read them again and now we have wayyy more space on the shelves. Infact, I treated myself to a new Ikea Billy bookcase as the old one had so many books on it that it buckled under the weight and the shelves were all wonky ;) </div>
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I have learned a lot that I didn't know myself, and have gained a better understanding of how dinosaurs fit into the bible. We have learned that fossils could have been formed during the great flood, that the biblical name for dinosaurs is 'behemoth' and which are described in detail in the book of Job.... and about how in the garden of Eden, dinos would have lived alongside man. Maybe if you are reading this, and you are not a believer in the Bible, this sounds very bizarre, but we find it fascinating. Check out answers in genesis with an open mind to hear a different theory to the secular viewpoint, if you are interested.<br />
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On Friday after tennis class, (and after Acey insisted 15 minutes in the adjoining park with his sweet new friend) we took a trip to Charmouth beach in Dorset to have a look in their fossil centre, and to hunt for fossils on the beach. Acey found the fossils and dinosaur bones fascinating, especially the plesiosaur (did I spell that right) hanging from the ceiling. He also did some brass rubbings of an ammonite and a fossilised fish. We then went and hunted for fossils (in amongst all of the holiday makers) - we managed to find a couple of ammonites, one which Dave carefully dug out of a rock. It was a lovely sunny day, but so many people on the beach. In a couple of weeks time the schools will go back, and there will be less people everywhere - the beaches, libraries, museums, parks, shops etc will be our quiet places once again! As someone who isn't a ''people person'' I can't wait!!<br />
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Also this week after horse riding we went to back to our friend's new house, in the middle of nowhere. (Dulverton). We had lunch in their beautiful garden, and then after a play with lego, Sarah and Matthew showed Acey the woods near their house. Acey said he had a lovely time being allowed the freedom to go to the woods on their own (I was terrified, of course but pretended not to be)! The found a secret hide out, no grown ups allowed, and have decided they will form a little club, secret seven style. <br />
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And Acey and his friend Dylan managed to get involved in a free game of rounders at our local park. <br />
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We went on a biblical fossil hunt at Kilve beach, organised by a home schooling mum. We learned some really interesting things, and found some ammonites. A lot of the information was from a geologist who is involved with Answers in Genesis. We followed on this theme at home, by watching a video from Mystery Science (a really cool science curriculum, check it out), and we are reading a very interesting book about Dinosaurs and the bible. We also took some of the rocks home from Kilve and painted them. Apparently, this is a fire spirit! <br />
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We have been to some fun science classes, where they learned about muscles and one where they did some cool 'dangerous' experiments!</div>
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....And allotmenting, all with the help of our friend Rio!</div>
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An interesting, fun Olympic themed home ed day at the lovely Caroline's house where we learned about the Olympics, where it originated etc, and what sports they hold. Acey found it fascinating that they have a Paralympics too. He made 'Hera's honey cupcakes', did an Olympic questionnaire and some Olympic ring art... </div>
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And we had a lovely long sunny week in Cornwall, spending lots of time on the beach, and pedal boating at Helston Boating pool... </div>
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On Monday, we read about foxes, so Acey decided he would like to draw one!<br />
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On Tuesday we had our lovely home ed group. The Taunton home ed group meets once a month at a fellow home educator's home, (the lovely Caroline who bravely opens her home up for all kinds of home ed activities) and there is a different theme each time. We have done a chocolate theme, a chicken theme, toilets, native Americans, Earth day and lots more. The children usually have a questionnaire to fill in about the theme as well as related craft activities, and a massive garden full of chickens and a trampoline to play in. This time it was an Ocean themed day, as one of the home educating mums in our group is going to be doing an awesome challenge, swimming seven of the world's channels in a year. She has already been the first woman to swim from Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly! We are lucky to have someone inspirational in our group. You can check out her website and follow what she is doing here: <a href="http://www.bethfrench.co.uk/">http://www.bethfrench.co.uk/</a></div>
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We have been learning about the middle ages, so we talked about what they would have eaten in those days. Most people would have made pottage every day, so we decided to make our own. We also tried some mead, to get into the true medieval spirit of things. We decided that in winter, it will be very warming to have a shot of mead. <br />
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Nettlefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008350193107617324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393811937492945582.post-12640687156707994162016-06-12T16:53:00.002-07:002016-06-12T16:53:38.620-07:00Hello again :)Hello! It's been two years since I last blogged about home ed, and I thought I would start it up again, seeing as a friend mentioned that she was sharing my blog the other day on her website, so I thought I'd better up my game! Here we are still home educating, still enjoying it, still doing it on my own, but with the help of our lovely friend Dave who takes us everywhere, as I STILL don't drive. We are busy every week doing home ed horse riding lessons, art history lessons, maths lessons, drama lessons, and tennis lessons! As well as swimming lessons and guitar lessons too. We have started a new business (with Dave) putting on ultra marathons - (putting them on for other people to run, as if you would catch me running)! We are involved with a lovely group of home educators and are so lucky there is now such a big community of home educators in Taunton for us to be friends with. More and more people are taking their children out of the failing school system, it would seem! Here is the Taunton Home ed website, so you can see some of the things that are going on. We are very blessed. <a href="http://www.tauntonhomeeducation.com/">http://www.tauntonhomeeducation.com/</a><br />
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This week has been a good week to blog about as we went to Cleeve Abbey in Washford, and it was amazing. Like all English Heritage sites, they let us in for free because we were home educators, and they were very supportive and helpful. They even gave us an interactive book to walk around with, and some hands on objects. We have been studying medieval times, including monks and gothic architecture recently, so this was a perfect trip!<br />
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On Thursday the local farmer's market had their 10th anniversary so we went along, and our friends from a community we visit were there playing songs on their instruments and serving free yerba matte. There was also a live turkey. I love how unexpected situations like this can turn into a free learning experience. We also visited Sheppy's Cider Farm.</div>
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We found a scrap store nearby and went halfs on the membership with another home ed friend. We came home with a huge bag of junk! Which Acey turned into a wooden go kart!</div>
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We did a project about Canada. We listened to the Canadian national anthem, read books about Canada, made a Canadian flag, learned about where maple syrup comes from (and ate maple syrup with pancakes)!, learned about different animals, ate Poutine - a popular Canadian food choice, and learned about how log cabins are built! </div>
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We have been learning about the human body, and made a replica of a bone using paper and straws. </div>
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Archery lessons.. (probably Acey's favorite lesson)!</div>
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We had the lovely opportunity of seeing some seals being released into the sea. :)</div>
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We started by reading a book all about Canada, and listening to the Canadian national anthem. We learned that there is a place in Canada called Winnipeg, and Acey thought this was very funny!<br />
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We learned that there are a lot of Maple trees in Canada, and we watched a video about how Maple Syrup is made. Acey drew a picture of a maple leaf and a maple seed.<br />
We then tried some delicious maple syrup!!<br />
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We are also currently reading 'Little House in the big woods' at our morning circle time, and read all about how they collected maple sap to make maple sugar, and maple cakes. </div>
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We also did a science experiment today... Using felt tip pens, Acey put a dot half way up some strips of blotting paper, and as the water soaked into the paper, the ink 'travelled' up the paper.<br />
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Merci, Isabelle the French teacher :) </div>
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Halloween night time trail at Hestercombe Gardens ...we don't celebrate haloween but this was just a bit of fun...</div>
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And here is our home ed group which we recently started up again! It's lots of fun :)</div>
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M is for Mum! Acey stays at his nanny's house every other weekend and she always comes to watch him at karate!</div>
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Today we went for a walk with lovely friends</div>
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Today we went to the library with some other home ed friends which we are going to make a regular thing! We have a lovely library near where we live!</div>
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Today I saw lots of Autumn things! Including this little gnome whose name is Chestnut Shell</div>
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We started up Taunton Free Range home ed group again today and it was so much fun - we are in a new place where they get to run around a big sports hall and play basketball! And there is air hockey and table football. The children all drew some harvest/ Autumn fruits and veg etc, and did some apple printing and we had a snack time and circle time!</div>
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8 O'clock is the time the alarm clock goes off on a Sunday Morning for us to get ready for church. </div>
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An afternoon spent in Bath. I had a spa day with mum whilst Acey had a 'blokes' day' with Dave looking around the Roman baths...</div>
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On the way to friend's house to play! Followed by 150 press ups for Acey in Karate! Phew!</div>
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We had an indoors day today because it was raining- Acey did some reading and writing and had friends to play. </div>
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