Category Archives: Ages past

telling it the way it was

Don’t they know it’s the weekend?

Posted on Sat Jun 13 2009 by Jax

I think it was as I was getting my breakfast that I overheard Tim explaining Stone age, Bronze age, Iron age to Small, another conversation prompted by observation of one of his castle figures. From there somehow they moved on … Continue reading →

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The personal stuff

Posted on Fri Jun 12 2009 by Jax

Went to doctor’s about Small this morning, referral to community paediatrician set in motion. Not sure what they do, but there you go. That was after I’d slept in, I’m not sleeping well during the night, so given that I’d … Continue reading →

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Meet Jax, the entertaining educational machine.

Posted on Wed Jun 10 2009 by Jax

As promised to the children, my alarm went off at 8 am this morning. Given that I didn’t get to sleep until well after midnight, despite being in bed before it, then woke again at 5 and did that horrid … Continue reading →

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Big wants to learn

Posted on Tue Jun 9 2009 by Jax

Victorions Where we live Math’s Spelling Sionce a new langwig? Craft Poetry Accordingly, her library haul included two books on toys, Toys (What Was It Like in the Past?) and Look Inside a Victorian Toyshop. I found Seashore (Usborne Nature … Continue reading →

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Looking at bikes.

Posted on Tue Jun 9 2009 by Jax

Can’t actually remember what went on this morning (maybe there’s a drawback to not brightkiting after all ) although I’m sure there was something that I was planning on blogging. Then just before lunchtime we decided we’d walk out with … Continue reading →

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Mixed weather, mixed day.

Posted on Sun Jun 7 2009 by Jax

I hadn’t realised how weather reliant my children’s moods are – I know the sunshine affects me, but really hadn’t clicked on how much it changes them. So this morning, while it bucketed down, they watched mindless tv mainly, although … Continue reading →

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Incidental education

Posted on Thu Apr 30 2009 by Jax

During the day, Small in particular often asks peculiar questions or indulges in brief conversations that seem like they’ve gone nowhere, but then days or weeks later crop up again in his thinking. There is no way that I can … Continue reading →

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edited highlights

Posted on Mon Apr 27 2009 by Jax

mainly because blow by blow of how dreadful I feel isn’t interesting to me, and I’m sure it isn’t interesting to you either! Small wrote a story entitled “The story of Pregnancy” – it’s only a page long, but I … Continue reading →

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Boredom, maths, hats and old buildings.

Posted on Fri Apr 24 2009 by Jax

Most of the time the kids amuse themselves – I keep an eye on what they are up to and offer suggestions, facilitate interests, drag them out on outings and set up groups and visits. So far it seems to … Continue reading →

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Library, gardening and Weakest link.

Posted on Fri Apr 10 2009 by Jax

Yesterday, after lying around feeling sorry for myself for a while (which seems to be a common theme among my friends atm ) I pulled myself together and took the children to the library. Big decided she wanted to have … Continue reading →

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And another day passes

Posted on Thu Apr 2 2009 by Jax

Tim and Small finished putting the curtain rail back up this morning and thus the computer/ tv ban was over, so they celebrated with a viewing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I saw a game, Harry Potter … Continue reading →

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Traumatised cat.

Posted on Thu Mar 19 2009 by Jax

When I opened the ladder up to our loft bedroom last night, I realised that the cat had once again expressed his displeasure with the move in the standard way, fortunately this time on the spare quilt rather than on … Continue reading →

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Saturday is party day

Posted on Sat Feb 28 2009 by Jax

for Big at least Knowing that she had to be offthepath for 1pm I dragged myself out of bed in plenty of time to get Big going. It turned out to be in plenty of time to have many running … Continue reading →

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Backdating…

Posted on Wed Feb 25 2009 by Jax

Getting behind with blogging, this is the story of Monday, typed up on Tues at Merry’s, and posted from the Beans on Weds Can’t be bothered to change the date though! After the children get bored they move on to … Continue reading →

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Unsuccessful charity shop scouring

Posted on Wed Feb 18 2009 by Jax

Given the number of Harry Potters in print, I find it slightly amazing how few there are in the charity shops in this town – our only find today was Azkaban, and we already have two copies of that. Oh … Continue reading →

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Politicising the offspring.

Posted on Tue Feb 17 2009 by Jax

This afternoon Big and I have wrapped IT and civics together by sitting down to talk through and complete her response to the current review on home education. Her identifier was 1103, so the numbers are climbing steadily this week, … Continue reading →

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Fitting more in

Posted on Fri Feb 6 2009 by Jax

The children seem to have reached a stage where aimless wandering through the day is insufficient and they are both looking for something more structured to do. So I came down (late again, have stopped taking the diclofenax, would rather … Continue reading →

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Losing track of the days

Posted on Wed Feb 4 2009 by Jax

The children are doing a lot of reading atm, both working on their HP books. Small is about halfway through book 1 now, and Big is racing through book 4. They’ve watched some tv, though I have noticed that the … Continue reading →

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Disappearing day

Posted on Thu Jan 15 2009 by Jax

Tim was summoned this morning as the media centre downstairs decided to defunct – there had been a warning crash a week or so back, but today’s was pretty terminal. So Tim has spent the day trying to get the … Continue reading →

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We will socialise.

Posted on Wed Jan 14 2009 by Jax

Long day today (although not compared to a working day. That seems like another life already, although it’s not even a month ago yet). Got up with the alarm, or as near as I ever do, and tootled off into … Continue reading →