There’s not been much to tell these past 2 weeks! I have been sick for a large part of it, and now it seems the kids are suffering. Yesterday they spent most of the day sleeping – Alex more than Daniel. I’m hopeful that today they will wake up feeling much better. I went to […]
Category: Unschooling
Some science for Alex and new words for Daniel
Last week I showed Alex some images of lego mazes. He doesn’t play with lego that much, he gets excited about the prospect of a new lego kit, or starts to build a ‘super-long-truck’ but gets quickly distracted. So we grabbed the base plate and found all of the single line pieces and off he […]
Parks, food and music
On Wednesdays we usually have our homeschool park day which has become rather quiet. Right now Alex’s social needs are not high and so having a few kids to play with occasionally is enough. This week we gathered at Organ Pipes National parks with a couple of extra families from gymnastics. Alex insisted upon taking […]
Tyrannosaurs and getting it wrong
Our Saturday’s have been super busy since moving swimming to the afternoon – we have football in the mornings already. It has meant that our Sundays leave us compensating and being housebound – I’m resisting the temptation to call ourselves lazy! There is nothing wrong with being at home and watching lots of TV! Scienceworks […]
Questions and self-learning
Since Alex was moving up to the next level at swimming, the timing meant he would go almost 2 weeks without a lesson. So I took him to the local pool along with Daniel. We bought Daniel a floaty jacket as this pool is much deeper than our usual swimming destination. At first, this bothered […]
Fifa and socialisation
Vio has introduced Alex into the world of gaming. They have started playing FIFA together, and they are both loving it. It’s great that they can share a hobby. Both of them love football of course, but this is just a little more accessible at 8pm on an almost-winter-evening in Melbourne! It’s only been a […]
Some day trips, lots of swimming and living joyfully!
Alex has been swimming underwater! This is so huge – this kid hated water in his face in any degree for so so long. He’s now swimming several metres underwater, diving to touch the bottom and practicing roly-polys. We’ve been going to the pool extra beyond lessons. This week, Alex has been asking for Vio […]
Daniel – definitely not a baby anymore
Daniel is in that high growth/development stage. He’s starting to talk – ‘no’ is a firm favourite word! He’s also able to play and follow instructions like putting something in the bin, or helping with a game. He absolutely loves puzzles, much like Alex did. I find him emptying all of the different puzzles pieces […]
Random fun, socialising and lava snakes
In my last post i mentioned not having schedules, and for the most part that’s true. The exception is of course in meeting others for play or organised activities such as the many sports Alex does (swimming, karate, ju-jitsu, gymnastics and football). So we often find ourselves the last ones at the park in the […]
A conversation with Daniel, Blaze, and a museum trip
Daniel had a bowl of dry cereal and a cup of coconut milk. We were sat at the dinner table as he can make a lot of mess, and he poured the milk into the cereal. He then tried to pour the combined cereal and milk back into the cup from a bowl, so I […]