I used to have a home schooling blog, but don’t have the time to maintain it. I have imported all the posts to this one because I still want to record the kids achievements and learning. Here’s a picture Emma painted yesterday.
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Science Alive
Yesterday we all went off to the Adelaide Showgrounds for Science Alive Show 2012, part of National Science Week. It was our first ever science show and what fun it was. We were there for more than 4 hours and still didn’t really finish exploring everything there was to see. The range of displays was […]
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Volcano conversations and some art
Here are some of the things we’ve been up to today. I pulled out some watercolours, white and black paper, and coloured chalk and this is what resulted: Emma made this volcano, and Ben must have thought it was a good idea because it inspired his efforts too. I don’t know if they were thinking […]
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Some Recent Things
I bought the kids this world map puzzle, (because Ben asked for one) which includes some of the nations flags. While they built it, we talked about what a continent is, and identified some of the capital cities for example, Canberra and Wellington being the two most relevant to them. Both Ben and Emma enjoyed […]
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Living and Learning
A few people have recently asked me whether we have sorted out what we’ll need to do in regards to teaching the children according to the SA Curriculum. The short answer is yes, we know what we need to provide to satisfy the Department of Education. However, it’s never an easy question to answer, because […]
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The Beach and the Long Way Home
So we’ve been in Australia nearly a month now. I am full of good intentions, and had hoped to blog a little more, but this is going to have to do for now. We are in our house which is bigger than the one we’ve left behind. It’s nice to have some extra space and […]
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