Unschooling

Magnetic tiles and a family day at Werribee zoo

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A magnetic tile tower

 

So my very considered purchase of the rather expensive toy that is ‘magnetic tiles’ has been a hit! Alex has been building towers, creating a farm (including a secret hidden wardrobe for his iron man suits – lol), discovering the net shape that makes a box and creating stealth planes! Daniel has had a bit of a go with them too. But they are a bit trickier for his little hands.

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Creating stealth planes

 

We also decided to cut Daniel’s hair a little after this picture:

Last crazy hair day for Daniel!
Last crazy hair day for Daniel!

 

 

 

Vio had a Sunday without an early morning start for a football game and so we decided to head to Werribee zoo. It had been a long time since we have done a family zoo trip, and a few months since the kids and I had visited Werribee zoo. So we packed a lunch, got lucky with the sunshine and enjoyed our day together.

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Vio and Daniel (post haircut)
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Playing with kids in the sand
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Alex monkeying around

 

 

 

 

 

 

After this day of beautiful sunshine we had two cold and mostly wet days. So we hibernated, playing with magnetic tiles, watching Netflix, discovering a new game app based on the Ninjago series Alex has started watched where he gets to be a lego ninja. I also found a ‘create a lightsaber’ app. Alex wanted a double pink one, but of course that option was locked. So we agreed that I would pay for it as his next week’s pocket money.

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