Boxing day was filled with play. I played trains with Daniel, his new farmer bingo game, raced cars with Alex, painted with Daniel whilst Vio and Alex played chess, backgammon and connect 4! We had leftovers for lunch then headed to the zoo for the afternoon. We saw so much, and Alex always stops to […]
Category: Unschooling
Christmas Week and Festivities
Co-op this week was a Christmas Party. We had lots of food and treats to share, sang some carols, and we did a Kris Kringle. The kids were so busy playing together and exploring the park that it took them ages to get interested in opening presents. The boys were pretty happy with their lot […]
Heat, chess and Junior Rangers
The weekend was very, very hot. I don’t do well in the heat – it makes me grumpy! Also our house does not have air-conditioning, only evaporative which is fine until the heat is over 35 degrees. We spent the whole of Saturday morning at the local outdoor swimming pool keeping cool with a few […]
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
This was a riddle at the ‘Alice’s Wonderland’ section of Scienceworks, which both kids love. The answer is ‘because 7 ate 9’, but Alex said, ‘because 7 is bigger’. It’s an interesting idea, fearing something (or someone) that is bigger. Alex doesn’t seem to display such fears, in fact he looks ready to take on […]
The longest snake to date
Alex got a haircut. Since his last haircut, he’s been quite aware and interested in his appearance and he often asks Vio to ‘make his hair’ or he combs it whilst looking in the mirror after a bath or shower. That night we had the zoo christmas party, we were really looking forward to it […]
Magic, chess, lego trees, and medals
I had long ago booked a christmas magic show at the Docklands library (for free, yay!) and so I organised us to go. We took the train and tram. I really didn’t like the show, Alex did and he has asked a bit about magic since. He was asked up onto stage to balance a […]
Best iPad watcher in the world
On Sunday morning, Vio was watching football – Barcelona was playing. Alex got up and joined him. After a few minutes he asked if Vio used to play like that. We laughed and ‘I wish’ was uttered. We saw Messi and I commented that he was the best player in the world. Alex said “I’m […]
Summarising the week as I made next to no notes! Too long ago to remember now…
Wednesday was park day. the kids tidied up their woodland base camp as they had found it had been tampered with. Alex has wanted to play ‘I spy’ again recently and has really impressed me – I couldn’t get f for flash or d for decorations on the drive home. Alex groups the letters t […]
To the creature rescue!
The first of December and Alex woke up and immediately went to his advent calendar! Today was another co-op day, so we headed there with oats for the ducks. Alex played with the other kids, but then they came across an injured moorhen. After initially moving it to a safer spot (from running children) the […]
Questions shaping how we spend our time – need to do this more!
My birthday! We were back home from camping for my birthday and Vio’s Mum made me one of my favourite meals. The kids had fun with Gigi checking out the pigeons and the little chicks. they’re excited to know some of them will be making our place their new home when they are bigger . […]