Category Archives: rhythm of the day

get down with it

is it too soon

Posted on Sun Nov 19 2006 by Jax

to claim the day has improved? Perhaps I’d better stick with it’s improving After a traumatic half hour on Small’s part, when someone mentioned lunch to him, and he realised he hadn’t had breakfast (it *was* offered, but he was … Continue reading →

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How much more education can we fit in one day????

Posted on Sun Aug 21 2005 by Jax

It occurred to me that this blog has been somewhat devoid of home educational reporting recently. That’s because we’ve come out of the sit-down-and-do-work stage that we went into a little while ago, it appeared to serve its purpose and … Continue reading →

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All around the houses

Posted on Mon Jun 6 2005 by Jax

of the Puddles and the Portico! And although I took my laptop with me, it only came out once I think, so this is all from memory. Weds morning we went to Shirebrook, where the activity was basket weaving. Must … Continue reading →

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Last night’s post

Posted on Tue Apr 19 2005 by Jax

finished with: “And now I’m going to go work on some graphics. And study some java. Maybe do the washing up. Package up some ebay parcels.” I thought I’d update you I washed up. Worked on some graphics. Didn’t do … Continue reading →

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round and about

Posted on Sun Apr 17 2005 by Jax

Been working pretty hard this weekend, though not quite as successfully as I’d like, and so we don’t seem to have done much that’s terribly exciting. The good news is that Big is getting much better at entertaining herself, has … Continue reading →

Posted in Doodling, drawing and decoration., It's life Jim, Puters!, Small steps, reeling, writhing, rhythm of the day | 2 Comments

We had our quiet day

Posted on Fri Nov 19 2004 by Jax

after I got another decent night on the pullout bed. Apart from the backache Mainly today we’ve pottered. Finally got around to doing some more work on Big’s scales – I’m taking piccies as we go along. We played the … Continue reading →

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Look what we found!

Posted on Mon Nov 15 2004 by Jax

Not done much with the children today – instead with the help of Claire we’ve excavated the dining room! We even found a piano in there…. There’s an awful lot of books too, but you knew that already. Small is … Continue reading →

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If I don’t write some of this down

Posted on Thu Oct 28 2004 by Jax

I’m never going to remember it all! First of all, the new mattress is lovely. Tim slept a full night on it – and I did alright even if Small did manage to crawl up on to it at one … Continue reading →

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Learning while I wasn’t looking

Posted on Sat Oct 9 2004 by Jax

Big, it would appear, has been paying attention at times I didn’t realise. In the shops today, she said “this says one ninety nine”. I agreed. She then proved it wasn’t a fluke by going along the shelf edge and … Continue reading →

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