Category Archives: things that go bang

or grow, or breathe, or smell

Feeling wobbly.

Posted on Thu Mar 12 2009 by Jax

Another day of removing things – Tim is now in Suffolk with a van load of our furniture and boxes and bedding (kids and I have camping mats tonight, I miss our memory foam mattress already ) Big has had … Continue reading →

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Boredom is good for them.

Posted on Sat Feb 21 2009 by Jax

Over the last day or two, the children have started to get bored of the television and computer. This shows quite simply – they fight, which is not so good, and then they start to do other things, which is … 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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Geology, black bags and backward names.

Posted on Tue Jan 27 2009 by Jax

We went off to school to pick up the car and timed it so that the kids at school were just finished lunch so that Big and Small could have running around time. It went well – I kept a … Continue reading →

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Big’s plan

Posted on Tue Jan 6 2009 by Jax

Sitting down with Big to work out what she thinks she ought to be doing during this home ed lark. This is being typed pretty much as we speak, so will be somewhat disjointed We both think that maths should … Continue reading →

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Defensive orgo planning

Posted on Fri Jan 2 2009 by Jax

For pretty much as long as she has been able to talk, Big’s last question of the day has been “what are we doing tomorrow?” and my standard answer is “I don’t know yet”. I’m not a person who lives … Continue reading →

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The first great lesson.

Posted on Wed Sep 17 2008 by Jax

If you don’t know what a Montessori Great Lesson is, or what it’s about, I recommend you tootle off to see Miss Barbara. If you’re wondering why you would do that with elementary age children (6 – 12), there’s a … Continue reading →

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Master of the universe | Technology | The Observer

Posted on Sun Sep 14 2008 by Jax

Master of the universe | Technology | The Observer How important is it that his games teach as well as entertain? ‘I’m not sure teach is the right word,’ he says. ‘Computer games and simulations are much more powerful [as … Continue reading →

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Eureka!

Posted on Wed Jul 19 2006 by Tim

It has taken me a while to get round to blogging this. Last week I took the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off to avoid the Great Yorkshire Show traffic jams in Harrogate, which would have added several hours to my … Continue reading →

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the experiment – the results

Posted on Sun Jun 4 2006 by Jax

Purpose We wanted to do an experiment to see how the sun heats different coloured things up differently. Hyphothesis We expected the black jar to be the warmest. Materials. We had three clear glass jars. A sheet of black card, … Continue reading →

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This here education stuff

Posted on Fri Jul 8 2005 by Jax

must be careful to keep it education, and not indoctrination! Well, I ask you. Big chose a book from the sale box at the library a little while ago, an ancient tome on Reproduction and Growing Up. Today she wanted … Continue reading →

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Mummy, can I do some maths?

Posted on Mon May 30 2005 by Jax

I love my daughter She woke me this morning by asking me where the first man and woman came from, which lead to a good discussion about how various ppl believe different things, skirted quickly over a variety of creation … Continue reading →

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Education in and amongst

Posted on Fri May 6 2005 by Jax

Taking another break as I’m somewhat downhearted. Was searching for resources to back up my (limited) understanding of bit manipulation, and on the site of the author of the book I’m using, javaranch, came across a campfire story purporting to … Continue reading →

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Dinner by candlelight

Posted on Mon Mar 14 2005 by Jax

and requests for hothousing. It was an odd day yesterday. Um, struggling to remember much of it – the drawback of regular blogging I think, as usually I don’t have to apply my memory, I can just read back. Do … Continue reading →

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Ticking the boxes, and pondering.

Posted on Fri Mar 11 2005 by Jax

Better get a cup of tea and a chair, it’s a long one Been a lovely day today, which is a huge improvement on the rest of the week. Well, it was OK when Mimi was round the other day, … Continue reading →

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Shh….

Posted on Sat Feb 19 2005 by Jax

don’t disturb him! He’s only sitting quietly doing a jigsaw all by himself for the very first time (one of those peg board ones, think I got it for £1 at Hesfes last year!) Of course, the flash of the … Continue reading →

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Eek, I seem to have covered some of the national curriculum

Posted on Tue Jan 4 2005 by Jax

how did that happen then? We did all this. in November. Wonder if there’s anything else we’ve covered without knowing it. Anyway, today. I’m afraid it hasn’t been the calmest start to the New Year. Shouty mummy made a big … Continue reading →

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Aargh….

Posted on Fri Dec 17 2004 by Jax

Well, today I have learnt that the work rate of a four year old is nowhere *near* that of a 34 year old. In the time it took me to make 10 hama stars, Big assembled the rest of one … Continue reading →

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My adorable offspring

Posted on Thu Dec 16 2004 by Jax

Both of them. Missed Big this morning – had to get Small’s breakfast all by myself! Seriously though, did make me realise that somewhere along the way it changed from being slow waiting for her to do whatever it was … Continue reading →

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Never let it be said

Posted on Tue Nov 30 2004 by Jax

that I don’t learn from my mistakes. Today I have tried really hard. I have wet washing on the line (sigh) and wet washing in the machine (bigger sigh), the kitchen is trashed again, but was clean and clear before … Continue reading →

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