Category Archives: reeling, writhing

we like books.

Planning early education with help from Baker Ross and Random House children’s books.

Posted on Tue May 8 2012 by Jax

I read Tigerboy a book the other day. It was the first time that I’d read him a book instead of having him on my knee while I read to Smallest. Given he’s 9 weeks old I’m definitely slacking We … Continue reading →

Posted in Doodling, drawing and decoration., It's where it is, Jonny had two apples, Soa, reeling, writhing, review | 7 Comments

Book related rant – is Harry Potter really all that?

Posted on Fri Jan 6 2012 by Jax

I’ve just, courtesy of twitter, come across the latest words of wisdom from a politician on reading. The headline is All children should read Harry Potter books by 11, says minister The actual quote is “By the end of primary … Continue reading →

Posted in ranting or raving, reeling, writhing | Tagged , , , | 22 Comments

For today’s home education activity: punctuation resources.

Posted on Wed Aug 31 2011 by Jax

we shall mostly be studying punctuation. Skillswise on BBC have a good factsheet explaining commas And then I’ve found a KS2 Bitesize activity to explore what’s been learnt. [Edited to remove flash game but add in link to relevant place … Continue reading →

Posted in reeling, writhing | 2 Comments

Learning to read, take three.

Posted on Mon May 9 2011 by Jax

What with the whole home education thing, I’ve been very involved in the learning to read process for both of my older children. I think I’ve learnt something from that experience. Point 1 – there is no one way that … Continue reading →

Posted in It's where it is, Soa, carnival, how we do it, reeling, writhing | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Back to school.

Posted on Wed Jan 6 2010 by Jax

That would be the school situated in our living room, with a school day that goes nearly all round the clock Home education for us is very home centred right atm, due mainly to soa’s needs and requirements. We are … Continue reading →

Posted in Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., It's where it is, Jonny had two apples, Puters!, Small steps, Soa, reeling, writhing | Leave a comment

Quick round up.

Posted on Sat Dec 5 2009 by Jax

While soa is happy in her bouncy chair. She’s increasingly awake and alert during the day, and also increasingly happy to be separated from me for more than a minute at a time. It’s not many minutes though, so I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing | Leave a comment

A tale of two children.

Posted on Thu Nov 5 2009 by Jax

My children are very similar, and very different. I’m often accused of cloning, which I find amusing now that they are growing up – Big’s hair has darkened and her blue eyes are now brown. Small is still blond and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Puters!, Small steps, Where did you say you were going?, how we do it, reeling, writhing, rhythm of the day | 8 Comments

Still trying hard.

Posted on Wed Oct 28 2009 by Jax

Didn’t get through our routine bits yesterday due to an early morning appt for Tim and myself, but did on Mon and today. Regular maths is giving Big confidence to attempt sums while out and about – she worked out … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Making things, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing | 1 Comment

Never off duty

Posted on Mon Oct 26 2009 by Jax

for reasons that we won’t go into in detail here, Big was banned from gameboy, tv and computer today in a triple whammy never seen before. And as we don’t do sit down work on a Sunday, this meant I … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Making things, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing | 6 Comments

Another week sails by.

Posted on Sat Oct 10 2009 by Jax

Wednesday was Maths, English and comparative religion. Well, comparative in that we compared it to the theory of evolution we’d looked at over the previous couple of days Small didn’t think much of it, he likes evolution, and keeps drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing, rhythm of the day, speaking in tongues | Leave a comment

More idioms, new shoes and rhyming slang at the dinner table.

Posted on Wed Oct 7 2009 by Jax

Children did maths and English first off – more work on idioms for Big, trying to draw humorous pictures to illustrate various idioms. Not sure about the humour value of the pictures, but it did get her thinking about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing | 2 Comments

Not everything has a why…

Posted on Mon Oct 5 2009 by Jax

declared Small this evening. He’d been asking for Brown Beaver’s phone number, and I wanted to know why he wanted it. He said that not everything had a why, and I said I thought it did. His response was that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Making things, Montessori minded, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing | 9 Comments

A day of two halves…

Posted on Fri Sep 25 2009 by Jax

So let’s talk about the nice bits Big settled quickly to her work again this morning – it seems possible that I’ve now found the right level of things to be working with her on both spelling and handwriting so … Continue reading →

Posted in Big, Getting to know you, Jonny had two apples, Small steps, fainting in coils, places we like, reeling, writhing | Leave a comment

Orford castle.

Posted on Fri Sep 25 2009 by Jax

After a couple of days off working due to our hectic social life I was quite pleased with the children’s attitudes yesterday. Small did a sheet on telling time, plus a maths practice, and some reading, while Big did some … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Jonny had two apples, OU, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, places we like, reeling, writhing, things that go bang | 1 Comment

Wednesday wanderings.

Posted on Thu Sep 24 2009 by Jax

After a jampacked Tues, obviously the next thing to do was have a fun filled Weds too. Hm. Not sure that I’ve quite got the hang of this scheduling yet. Anyway, we started out by dashing over to the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Getting to know you, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing | Leave a comment

autonomy vs peace and quiet…

Posted on Sat Sep 19 2009 by Jax

I have been waiting since January for my children to deschool, stop watching endless CBBC or playing on mind numbing websites, for them to show and develop some interests and learn to get along instead of screeching and bickering all … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Doodling, drawing and decoration., Jonny had two apples, Making things, Puters!, Small steps, Where did you say you were going?, fainting in coils, how we do it, reeling, writhing, rhythm of the day, things that go bang | 12 Comments

Sutton Hoo.

Posted on Sun Sep 13 2009 by Jax

I’ve driven past the signs to Sutton Hoo lots of times on our way to Framlingham Castle, but somehow I hadn’t registered that it’s really very close to us, linking it in my mind with Framlingham, which is about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Jonny had two apples, Small steps, Where did you say you were going?, places we like, reeling, writhing | 2 Comments

Iron education and swimming.

Posted on Sun Sep 13 2009 by Jax

On Friday I decided I needed to get to the bottom of my blood test results and understand whether I needed medication or not, and whether my preferred option of homebirth was a realistic one. So I nerved myself up … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Getting to know you, Puters!, Small steps, fainting in coils, reeling, writhing | Tagged | 2 Comments

a one child sunday.

Posted on Tue Sep 8 2009 by Jax

Big was off to a Guiding centenary event on Sunday, she had a guest invite for anyone who had been a brownie/guide before so we’d roped in a cousin who went right the way through to rangers. Was a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Big, Getting to know you, Making things, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing | 2 Comments

The return of Captain Hook.

Posted on Sun Sep 6 2009 by Jax

Some time ago, Small spent an entire Melrose, pretty much, dressed as captain Hook. I believe several ppl have pictures. When I eventually pried them away from the screen yesterday, they settled on dressing up, and I was treated to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ages past, Big, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing | 3 Comments