Showing posts with label home education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home education. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 April 2012
FIAR Make Way for Ducklings - day 2
The weather was good today so we headed to the Wetlands Centre at Washington to check out the ducks!
The ducks, however, didn't get a look in as there was a chap on site from Wetheriggs Animal Rescue and Conservation Centre with a barn full of exotic animals!!!! Sylvie and Bea had a fantastic time holding the Bearded Dragon,the tortoise, the terantula, the huge hissing cockroaches, the Royal python, (Lizzy!!!) and another lizard, (can't remember her name!).
What a brilliant morning and not a duck in sight!
I think we'll certainly be visiting Wetheriggs Animal centre when we go to the Lakes at the end of May.
We'll be picking up the Ducklings again tomorrow when we crack on with some maths and science!!!
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Boobaholic in remision?
I'm a bit worried that Annie might be going off my boobs, or should I say 'boob' considering she only ever feeds from one side? She used to want to feed CONSTANTLY... no exaggeration, but now she's really slowing down and I'm a bit gutted, though also relieved! What a contradiction eh!
She just had a mini feed the latched off and said 'milk', (or, milch) whilst pointing to the kitchen. She wanted some cows milk in a cup!!! Nooooooooooooooooo what's wrong with my boobies!!!!!!! Oh, hang on, she's just started to slap my boobs and say 'mine'... I think I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick
No, she's gone off to watch a bit of tele.
Anyway... today has been lovely.
We got up, got ready then did a bit of circle time and had our sheep and wolf story. The girls are really into it and they love the props. Sylvie tends to be the sheep, the sun and the moon and Bea is fixed on being the wolf. They really enjoy having a bit play with the props are joining in.
After circle time we gathered our 'props' into a silk and headed to the Botanic Gardens to meet a couple of friends and their little ones. What a windy, wet, cold but lovely morning! The good coffee at the Botanics is always a bonus. The boys and girls had a good run around and thoroughly enjoyed themselves while the mamas chatted and drank coffee!
We headed into the greenhouse for a story, (yep, the sheep and the wolf) which was nice, then we came home
Anna was asleep in the car so I put 'The Golden Compass' on TV for Sylvie and Bea and I just relaxed which was lovely.
Mark's at the football tonight and won't be home until about 11.30 so there's just me and the mini ones here to entertain each other this evening.
All in all it's been a lovely day.
I've no idea what we're doing tomorrow but I'm learning that nothing takes too much planning... not really anyway. What's the point in stressing about things? I could send them to school if I wanted to stress. I really need to learn to slow down and take one step at a time keeping expectations realistic and goals manageable. Life is sweet!!!!!!
One thing I am a bit highly strung about is Bea's weight. She's a big girls. She's just turned four and she has boobs.. yes, this post is boob obsessed, but it's the truth. She doesn't eat a horrendous amount. Yes, I could make changes to her diet but not major ones. I think the big problem comes from her lack of movement. She's just not active at all. She's very much 'in her head' and not 'in her body'. As an overweight child and an overweight adult I know all too well the pitfalls of being big and I don't want that for her so I need to come up with a plan, one that will work and won't leave her overweight and unhealthy. I need Mark to be fully on board with this - I think he's going to be central to her actually going out and doing some exercise. She doesn't run around and play with the other kids, she's just not interested, she sits and plays with her toys/bits of stuff that she picks up like flowers and grass and things. I want him to take her out every evening either before or after tea for a run 'round the block! We'll see how it goes. One day at a time, eh!
She just had a mini feed the latched off and said 'milk', (or, milch) whilst pointing to the kitchen. She wanted some cows milk in a cup!!! Nooooooooooooooooo what's wrong with my boobies!!!!!!! Oh, hang on, she's just started to slap my boobs and say 'mine'... I think I may have gotten the wrong end of the stick
No, she's gone off to watch a bit of tele.
Anyway... today has been lovely.
We got up, got ready then did a bit of circle time and had our sheep and wolf story. The girls are really into it and they love the props. Sylvie tends to be the sheep, the sun and the moon and Bea is fixed on being the wolf. They really enjoy having a bit play with the props are joining in.
After circle time we gathered our 'props' into a silk and headed to the Botanic Gardens to meet a couple of friends and their little ones. What a windy, wet, cold but lovely morning! The good coffee at the Botanics is always a bonus. The boys and girls had a good run around and thoroughly enjoyed themselves while the mamas chatted and drank coffee!
We headed into the greenhouse for a story, (yep, the sheep and the wolf) which was nice, then we came home
Anna was asleep in the car so I put 'The Golden Compass' on TV for Sylvie and Bea and I just relaxed which was lovely.
Mark's at the football tonight and won't be home until about 11.30 so there's just me and the mini ones here to entertain each other this evening.
All in all it's been a lovely day.
I've no idea what we're doing tomorrow but I'm learning that nothing takes too much planning... not really anyway. What's the point in stressing about things? I could send them to school if I wanted to stress. I really need to learn to slow down and take one step at a time keeping expectations realistic and goals manageable. Life is sweet!!!!!!
One thing I am a bit highly strung about is Bea's weight. She's a big girls. She's just turned four and she has boobs.. yes, this post is boob obsessed, but it's the truth. She doesn't eat a horrendous amount. Yes, I could make changes to her diet but not major ones. I think the big problem comes from her lack of movement. She's just not active at all. She's very much 'in her head' and not 'in her body'. As an overweight child and an overweight adult I know all too well the pitfalls of being big and I don't want that for her so I need to come up with a plan, one that will work and won't leave her overweight and unhealthy. I need Mark to be fully on board with this - I think he's going to be central to her actually going out and doing some exercise. She doesn't run around and play with the other kids, she's just not interested, she sits and plays with her toys/bits of stuff that she picks up like flowers and grass and things. I want him to take her out every evening either before or after tea for a run 'round the block! We'll see how it goes. One day at a time, eh!
Monday, 2 January 2012
Hum, up and down day
Well, today could have gone better, that's for sure.
I spent ages planning what we'd be doing today and for the next few weeks using the Little Acorn Learning Guides as inspiration.
All went well until we came to mix our '3 Kings Cake'. Sylvie and Bea started scraping over who's turn it was to stir the cake when BAM the ceramic bowl containing said cake mixture landed on the living room floor and smashed.
Oh I was so p****d off. Cake mix containing eggs and sour cream all over the wooden floor which hasn't been sealed or varnished = possibly a very smelly future!!! I lost my rag and shouted at the girls which was a bummer as I'd spent bed time reading loads of one the None Violent Communication books and demanded that they bugger off to their bedrooms while I calmed down and cleared up.
Mark came to the rescue with a bowl of water and a tea towel. He cleaned the floor, calmed the girls and took us all out to lunch which was lovely.
Prior to cake making we had a great time! Circle time went well - we had the silks out, did a lovely morning blessing and were all involved in story time, (we're doing a story about a sheep and a wolf - Bea insists on being the wolf - she has a blue wooden block that howls at very frequent intervals! Sylvie likes to be the moon and Annabelle plays her usual part, 'boob monster extraordinaire'!).
Anna was asleep by the time we got home from Durham. Sylvie and I did a bit of reading while Bea coloured in then we came upstairs, plugged in the lap top and did LOTS of reading eggs... probs about an hour and a half worth. Sylvie LOVES winning points! I think she's really quite competitive and seeing the points mount up gives her that extra incentive to do a bit more. This isn't something I've pushed or encouraged, it just 'is' so I'm fine with that.
Tomorrow is another day. I'm sad that I lost my rag about something as silly as cake mixture on the floor but I stupidly had set my expectations for this morning too high and was probably too busy thinking about what we'd be doing next, (I was sorting snack time) instead of being present with the children and enjoying the moment.
With any luck we'll be going out to see our friends tomorrow, but as for now, it's bed time.
If these little tykes ever go to sleep I'll upload photos from today. Until then, goodbye!
I spent ages planning what we'd be doing today and for the next few weeks using the Little Acorn Learning Guides as inspiration.
All went well until we came to mix our '3 Kings Cake'. Sylvie and Bea started scraping over who's turn it was to stir the cake when BAM the ceramic bowl containing said cake mixture landed on the living room floor and smashed.
Oh I was so p****d off. Cake mix containing eggs and sour cream all over the wooden floor which hasn't been sealed or varnished = possibly a very smelly future!!! I lost my rag and shouted at the girls which was a bummer as I'd spent bed time reading loads of one the None Violent Communication books and demanded that they bugger off to their bedrooms while I calmed down and cleared up.
Mark came to the rescue with a bowl of water and a tea towel. He cleaned the floor, calmed the girls and took us all out to lunch which was lovely.
Prior to cake making we had a great time! Circle time went well - we had the silks out, did a lovely morning blessing and were all involved in story time, (we're doing a story about a sheep and a wolf - Bea insists on being the wolf - she has a blue wooden block that howls at very frequent intervals! Sylvie likes to be the moon and Annabelle plays her usual part, 'boob monster extraordinaire'!).
Anna was asleep by the time we got home from Durham. Sylvie and I did a bit of reading while Bea coloured in then we came upstairs, plugged in the lap top and did LOTS of reading eggs... probs about an hour and a half worth. Sylvie LOVES winning points! I think she's really quite competitive and seeing the points mount up gives her that extra incentive to do a bit more. This isn't something I've pushed or encouraged, it just 'is' so I'm fine with that.
Tomorrow is another day. I'm sad that I lost my rag about something as silly as cake mixture on the floor but I stupidly had set my expectations for this morning too high and was probably too busy thinking about what we'd be doing next, (I was sorting snack time) instead of being present with the children and enjoying the moment.
With any luck we'll be going out to see our friends tomorrow, but as for now, it's bed time.
If these little tykes ever go to sleep I'll upload photos from today. Until then, goodbye!
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