Friday 2 March 2012

Wow a week already since last post. Didn't mean to leave it so long, should not leave it so long, is hard to remember what we have got up to all week. Mostly we have been enjoying the early spring sunshine (apparently we could more snow so must make the most of it while we can). lots of long walks in the park and playing in the garden.

We are also making a start on introducing a little bit of structure as sadly I feel Grace is not getting the hang of autonomous...she gets bored and then bickers with her sister and dad. So I figured a set period, say an hour or so in the morning to investigate a subject of her choice (although she struggles to even think of anything when i ask her so I may have to introduce her to a few ideas to start with until she gets the hang of it) would be helpful at this period of our home ed journey. I have also set up work boxes for english, maths, history, geography and a nature study box so that she can just help her self when ever she likes. Each box contains some reference books and work sheets or work books based on each subject so that she can get on with something when ever she feels the urge.

Today we are off to see my pops...yay for daddies everywhere. x

2 comments:

  1. Waldorf-style rhythm carries us when the children aren't playing nicely. I don't set work times but I do have a different activity-type for each day. So rather than "what do you want to study today" it becomes (on a tuesday) "what shall we make" or (on a thursday) "what shall we bake"! :)

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    1. Thank you...Iwe are fairly new to many of these ideas so are working on the finer details as we go. I finally feel as though we have found our place as a family and am really excited to see where our journey takes us.

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