Home Alex remembered the eggs experiment. We discovered the shell had dissolved in the vinegar solution, and all that was left was a thin membrane surrounding the egg’s soft insides. It felt like rubber and so the temptation to see how bouncy is was was too much! Alex released it from ever increasing heights and it […]
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What’s with all the arthropods? – animals with hard external skeletons and jointed limb
Home Nerf gun wars has been a favorite this week. The kids decided to bust open their piggy bank to buy more. They had about $40 to spend. Alex says nerf wars are his favourite thing now. He’s also calling everything ‘ferocious’. Vio likes to get involved in this one too. The days have been warm […]
A short week – we swam, we CK’d, and we went to the Airshow! FINALLY!
Home Alex woke up from a nightmare so we went to bed together. Then Daniel woke, so we all slept in late together! I love that we are able to do this most days. Rarely are our plans so concrete that we can’t make adjustments or just be late. This is something that I strayed […]
What We Got Up To – February 2017
Here’s a few piccies of what we got up to (WWGUT) February 2017
Everyday maths and the freedom to have a ‘day off’!
Home Daniel had a terrible night complaining about his ear so plans for the day were put aside and we stayed home. Daniel was doing lots of cooking with some new rice I gave him – he says he likes cooking best with real food rather than playdough. We sat and cooked sausages using plasticine […]
Engineering kids, Servals and Melbourne Cuty FC
At home Daniel and I have been reading library books before bed. Enormouse was a favourite (that wasn’t Maisy or Peppa pig!) He’s also started going to bed without milk! He’s been making shadows in the dim light on his bedroom wall. He’s also been doing lots of puzzles and playing with magnetic tiles. I’ve […]
Exploring ideas, ACMI visit, NGBTS party and a great start to Currawong Kids!
Alex is 7! He wanted to be told happy birthday on the minute he was born. Home I made some oobleck in large buckets and the kids had fun jumping in it, sinking into it, throwing it, punching it, and touching it. We talked about solid/liquid properties and how this material had both. Alex started […]
What We Got Up To – January 2017
Here’s a few piccies of what we got up to (WWGUT) January 2017
Alex’s last week of being 6 – we did so much!
Rainforest Adventure Alex was excited about visiting the rainforest – he said it was his dream come true! The ranger talked about the dinosaurs and megafauna that lined there millions of years ago. We went on a walk, identifying trees like the mountain ask (second tallest tree in the world!), the two different types of tree […]
A week of swimming, an intro to Shakespeare and incidental maths
This week we are at the pool everyday for an intensive swim class that we signed up for. Alex enjoyed the lessons – he learned to dive! But he especially enjoyed the playtime that he had with a homeschool friend that was also doing lessons. The boys spent lots of time diving, swimming underwater to […]