the children pretty much amused each other all day 🙂
This is a result. Oh, there were plenty of calls for referree-ing, but they amused themselves all day. I had printouts of 25 year calendars and sun dials to make, but they didn’t need me or laid on activities. They played imaginative games pretty much all day, collected caterpillars from the ragwort plants (rather beautiful orange and black ones, belonging to the cinnabar moth), discovered what plants they needed (um, that’ll be ragwort then 😉 ) and generally were great.
Sarah arrived about 4 with the other half of her set, and I whipped up some pasta and sauce and we finished off a few more baskets. Hoping that she’ll be able to sell them off at Stainsby festival and make us both a little pocket money 🙂
After bath time, Small went to bed, several times, 😉 and Big came downstairs to do some basket weaving and have me read to her about “Kings and Queens and castles!” Found a couple more ex library books and read her the medieval sections. Was sure that I had a much better book on castles somewhere, but can’t lay my hands on it just now. Must hunt it out, as this seems to be the first major interest, as it’s lasted over several days now. I’m pleased. 🙂
We also discussed evolution again, and I’m obviously not getting the point across. After we’d discussed where ppl came from, done a quick sidetrip into collies from wolves, she asked me in all seriousness, “but where did the first woman come from?” Note to self to use the term human rather than man in these discussions in the future. 😆
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5 responses to “After the chaos of the morning”
We get in a terrible pickle with evolution. It wasn’t so long ago that Pip pointed at a gorilla on TV and told my Mum that soon it was likley to look more human. Very embarassing. Think creation might be easier to explain.
ooh, we’re doing castles again.
like the usbourne pocket science and it touches on evolution. i have not teste SB’s grasp though!!
yes we had the whole which was first adults or children conversation a couple of months ago – D was adamant it would have been children first but was concerned as to who looked after them.
Found the Eric Madden books excellent for this – they lay it out very matter of fact, open to interpretation and adding your own twiddly bits in and with lovely illustrations.
Of course D decided today he believes in God so that sort of throws that all out anyway!
We’re always doing bloody castles! I’ll dig out the books shall I? And of course she can always come and play with the castle here?
Huge Thanks for today – it meant that setting up went so much more smoothly and was stress free. I owe you one!
if you can face the royal armouries museum leeds, it is a really good museum, with excellent stuff in it. Also well designed. but loads of armour etc in the mediaeval setion.
unless you are ros doing ww2, avoid modern warfare as made m cry. hopefully the link above to the website will takeyou to nmarch nd, when we went there