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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Things I would like to say…
to other drivers. One headlight on full beam is not the same as two dipped lights. They are called foglights for a reason. Water that is falling from the sky is not fog. Your reflexes are not really that good. … Continue reading
Educational meanderings.
As regular readers here will know, we’ve approached this education/ childcare lark in a number of ways over the years. (Wow, if that isn’t a phrase guaranteed to make me feel old!) We started with Big in nursery 4 hours … Continue reading
Thank you all
for your birthday greetings, on various blogs, comment boxes, and by text So far it’s been just another day – had to get up and take the children to school as I needed to meet with Big’s teacher. That was … Continue reading
It’s not Christmas yet
“He took it without permission. He wanted it. He just took it,” said the 63-year-old great-grandmother. Don’t unwrap your presents yet….. or else.
I love teh internets-web-thingy
Tim is watching some scif-fi program about a series he saw yonks ago: Survivors – The Complete Series 1 [1975]. Someone narrating mentioned the links between The Good life and this series, as well as a book, Small is Beautiful: … Continue reading
Help pupils now | Schools | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Help pupils now | Schools | EducationGuardian.co.uk So what makes it politically incorrect to teach children parenting? How a parent can encourage, or hinder, a child. How babies and children learn, develop, respond. I’m talking about replicating in schools the … Continue reading
A day of packages
I had so many good intentions today. Well, at least I got the car serviced Let’s see. I wanted to clear out bits of the dining room – Tim managed to hoover in there at least. I pulled a couple … Continue reading
blood and money
John Pilger describes how the distintegration of real and mythical democracy in the United States influences British politics under Tony Blair, such as the reduction of Parliament to a ‘craven talking shop’ and the promotion of war and ‘thoughtcrimes’. The … Continue reading
The exhaustion epidemic | Woman | The Observer
The exhaustion epidemic | Woman | The Observer We’ll work at home but we’ll do so until 1.30am. We can leave the office at 7pm on a Friday – although we’re too tired for a movie – but it means … Continue reading
the eighth result
Now, how long is it going to be before I join the select crew of Wizard Whimstaff results in google? Tim took Big out today, and they went to wilkos and bought Wizard Whimstaff’s Hilarious Handwriting (aka Basic Skills: Handwriting: … Continue reading
Has anyone read
this? Silent Spring (Penguin Modern Classics) I was glancing through the bbc news website, as I do on a fairly regular basis. I came across this article about Rachel Carson, which sounded interesting. I’d never heard of her before, so … Continue reading
Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 10
Think we’re up to no 10, not sure. Anyway, looking for something toylike for Big. I’ve got her something to wear (or at least, I will have when I make it!) and something to watch. But I wanted to get … Continue reading
Performancing Test
I just came across what looks like an interesting blogging tool Performancing which runs as yet another Firefox plug in. seems to have a good range of tools for things like images and so on. Will play some more….
teaching themselves
this morning, Small has learnt from numberjacks that 6 can be split into two 3s. (I’m not going to promise that he knows he can do that with six things mind ) Big is sitting on the floor counting her … Continue reading
Pester power
The other day we bought BRIO 32807 Bob the Builder Builder System: Scoop for Small. It arrived very quickly, and is sitting in its nice anonymous Amazon box waiting for wrapping. However this morning, watching Milkshake, Small has seen Kid … Continue reading
home education advice wanted!
Big wants to learn joined up handwriting. Anybody else using anything specific for this? Would love advice.
Which Muppet
What Muppet are you? You are Dr. Bunson Honeydew. You love to analyse things and further the cause of science, even if you do tend to blow things up more often than not. HOBBIES:Scientific inquiry, Looking through microscopes, Recombining DNA … Continue reading
