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Tag: Learning journey
Stampede by the sea, ED TED and surprise unicorns!
Expect the unexpected Today I found myself face-to-face with a monster. Table of Contents Building a unicorn Being met, bleary eyed, first thing in the morning by this on your stairs…is quite something. Small picked this cardboard kit up in a charity shop yesterday and obviously decided to build the thing as soon as she… Read more
Education by Accident!
Art, Board games and Rube Goldberg research – Heath Robinson Keeping it chill again today, we did some painting with the girls’ new watercolours, then headed over to a local board game cafe! The amount of education and development that can be discovered by accident while you’re just pootling about is amazing. Table of Contents… Read more
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
Easter holiday time
Easter Activities This morning I have spent yet MORE time fighting with passwords to get all of the settings on Twinkl to work, having finally figured out the other day that although I had set up both learner accounts, (you need to go in and individually allow permissions for each section, which explains why they… Read more
Recommended equipment for home educating in the UK
Recommended equipment for starting out in home education in the UK, from someone starting out in home education! 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
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
Starting our home education journey in the the UK!
The author reflects on the stress their children face in traditional schooling, despite their love for learning. They explore alternative education methods, deciding to embrace home education. A flexible routine combines formal lessons with project-based learning, incorporating family involvement and adapting to the children’s needs, aiming for a low-pressure learning environment. 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