Category: Journey

  • What can Home-Ed look like?

    What can Home-Ed look like?

    What can Home-Ed look like? What can Home-Ed look like? Whatever it needs to. After yesterday’s science marathon, it was back to “School” this morning. Big, as usual, has completed almost everything before I’ve even woken up. Small however, has been feeling ill since our Gladiator outing. Here’s what we got up to today…. Table… Read more

  • Applied Science – Momentum and Youtube

    Applied Science – Momentum and Youtube

    Sunday Science It’s Sunday. In the Easter holidays. And what has Big spent her time doing?Science. Table of Contents Applied Science Well, the other day when we cycled to Grandma’s house we got talking about Momentum. (There’s a really big hill in between us) As the girls haven’t been riding all that much, they were… Read more

  • Always look out for local free activities!

    Roman Festival Today was one of our two home education “Plan” days for this week. Our plan today was to attend a free local Roman festival in Dorchester. We are incredibly lucky in where we live, as there is a wealth of historical architecture around us. Maiden Castle– one of the largest and most complex… Read more

  • Our day off educating. Birthday time and maths with meatballs!

    Home Educating on a birthday day – unintentional learning, and a lesson in flexibility. Maths with meatballs! Read more

  • Dance breaks and the importance of ice-cream

    Dance breaks and the importance of ice-cream

    What have I learned from the first day of our Home Education Experiment? Well, aside from the fact that picking the day before Small’s birthday to begin this Home Education escapade was probably a terrible idea…… today was AMAZING. Which is not to say, of course, that it was all easy, or completely without incident.… Read more

  • One giant leap….

    Welcome to what is hopefully the very beginning of our UK Home Education adventure! We are a Dorset family of 6 on the verge of the biggest change in lifestyle dynamic that we have faced – after untold evenings spent calming down high-achieving but incredibly anxious young girls currently in years 2 and 4 at… Read more