I keep thinking I've cried about enough and then someone says something nice, or I catch the eye of another member of the family and I'm crying all over again. Then again, we did difficult things today - went to the funeral home and saw the body in a coffin. I really didn't want to do it, but there … [Read more...] about too many tears
Montessori minded
who you calling chicken?
We've had the offer of a rescued chicken at school, and it is something we've considered previously. But we've also had problems with a mink taking our rabbits, so I'm wondering how on earth we'd keep a chicken safe - I'd be very grateful for any input from anyone with experience :) … [Read more...] about who you calling chicken?
Some government dept, somewhere.
NDS - News Distribution Service From 2010 the new scheme will form part of personal skills accounts that will be available to all adults and will guarantee free training for older people up to at least level 2 GCSE equivalent. In todays Paper, Ministers will also announce a pilot to fund and … [Read more...] about Some government dept, somewhere.
more blogging
end of first week with new member of staff on board - we've got by through quite a challenging week so that's gone fairly well. I'm beginning to feel on top of classroom management on some days - for some reason Thursday seems to go a bit pear shaped, obviously need to work harder then. Today I had … [Read more...] about more blogging
birthday walk (the montessori way).
First of all, gather your children into an ellipse, sitting on chairs in the children's house. Then you can start :) The 29th May 2003 was a very special day - that was the day that Small was born! We're going to do a birthday walk - what do we need? A candle. What's the candle for? it … [Read more...] about birthday walk (the montessori way).
