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Finishing up the year
Drafted 7 Dec 2015 We are not unschoolers. And I do follow the NSW syllabus despite feeling some resistance to being told by faceless civil servants what my children ‘should’ be studying. But I have been neglecting the PDHPE … Continue reading
Cleaning toilets
Recently I came under fire on social media for saying that my six year old son cleans the toilets. I was responding to a post in a homeschooling group, asking what chores our children did at home. The original post … Continue reading
Brave Writer projects (‘Jot it Down’)
Animal Mini Books – Princess chose Giraffes, and Reptile Boy chose Birds of Prey. Drama King is still working on his Penguins book. Some of the text is just copied straight from the image sources but most was written … Continue reading
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Letting go.
I have mentioned project-based homeschooling (PBH) several times in this blog. I bought the book and even completed the online masterclass, but still didn’t quite feel our project time was working the way I wanted it to. Since we moved … Continue reading
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Tagged BOSTES, completion, creativity, homeschooling, keeping records, mess, NSW, observations, PBH, project-based homeschooling
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Homeschooling on the move (sort of)
We are about a third through Term 3. We had to put on hold the plans to travel around Australia because Drama King is rehearsing hard for ‘Oliver!’. Nevertheless, we do not have a fixed abode and so we have … Continue reading
Kitchen science
Today was a good day. I teach a primary science class on Friday mornings, involving two of my children plus other homeschooling children. The theme for this term is ‘The Material World’ and we made bread rolls, fairy cakes, crystals … Continue reading
Miyazaki Movie Discussion Club
So, Pokemon Boy and Drama King are in another Brave Writer online class: the Miyazaki Movie Discussion Club. They have four Hayao Miyazaki films to watch, one a week, and then the teacher posts questions for them to talk about … Continue reading
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A perfect day
Last Thursday was as close to perfect as a homeschooling day can be. I went out with Drama King to a Sydney Symphony concert at the ABC Centre in Ultimo. I think it was aimed at KS3 children (Years 5 and 6, or … Continue reading
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