reading

The purpose of this blog

December 1, 2018 By Jax Blunt 2 Comments

Was to keep track of our home ed days and chat over the garden fence (virtually speaking) with other home educators. Most of those people have moved on, in that their children are more of an age with my teens and I’ve let the home ed aspect lapse. Today one of those teens used the […]

Filed Under: family, how we do it, Small steps, Soa, tigerboy Tagged With: ambassador's apprentice, computer club, creative computer club, Dr Seuss, lady grace mysteries, ludum dare, reading, Trudi Canavan

Lands of make believe

November 2, 2018 By Jax Blunt 1 Comment

This post contains affiliate links. You don’t have to use them, if you do, I get a small percentage from any purchase you make, without any additional cost to you. Today’s prompt for #BEDN is travel. This is something I’d love to do, but don’t have the funds to cart a 6 person family off […]

Filed Under: Book club Tagged With: BEDN, reading

Contemplating home education styles, with a Teach My Preschooler kit review.

November 23, 2016 By Jax Blunt 3 Comments

When you mention home education to people one of the first questions (usually right after ‘but how will they make friends?’) is how will they learn to read? Or do maths? The answer to that is all sorts of different ways, to be honest. Some children just seem to acquire reading in the same way […]

Filed Under: It's where it is, reeling, writhing, review Tagged With: home education, home education early years, home education resources, maths, reading, Teach My Preschooler, writing

The Petie Schole by Francis Clement

June 16, 2015 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

Published in 1587, The Petie Schole by Francis Clement claims to contain “a method to enable both a childe yup reade perfectly within one moneth, & also the unperfect to write English aright” Having read most of this last night, I’m not sure I’d say it was a truly complete method, but I’ll be giving […]

Filed Under: Ages past, Reenactment Tagged With: Kentwell hall, reading, reenactment

Not starting school.

August 28, 2014 By Jax Blunt 3 Comments

Smallest isn’t starting school this september. I *think* that the letter we had implied she would be due to start this time – she’s 5 in November, so would presumably be one of the oldest in her year. I think there are a lot of things about school she’d love, but overall, I think that […]

Filed Under: how we do it, Soa Tagged With: Enid Blyton, home education, literacy, not starting school, reading, science, writing

Some days are diamond, some days are stone

May 6, 2014 By Jax Blunt 12 Comments

Can’t use the title I wanted to use, because I already used it. So I’ve had to put the whole lyric in, instead of just half 😉 It’s been that kind of day really. Big started the day with a physio appt, (which meant I started the day hauling her out of bed and going […]

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: autism, Eleanor and Park, jigsaws, reading, stuff

Saturday snippets 26 May 2012

May 26, 2012 By Jax Blunt 4 Comments

{reading} Carole Matthews: Summer Daydreams, and ico guidelines on cookies. {listening} how to lose your baby fat, thinking slimmer (review). {failing} with cloth nappies (how many changes of clothes today??) {succeeding} with running, fifth run, another 0.83 miles notched up. {watching} fantastic Mr fox (and thinking seriously odd film). {starting} bedroom excavation. {sewing} still sewing! […]

Filed Under: It's where it is, review, Technology Tagged With: Carole Matthews, reading, Saturday snippets, sewing