Category: Unschooling

We started the week with errands – on the way home the kids asked to stop at the park. We got the basketball and football out, and Alex designed an obstacle course for himself that he asked me to time him whilst doing. He also kept challenging himself to jump further and further off a […]

Before we left Inverloch, we attended a ‘fossil discovery’ activity with a local scientist. It’s actually why we went to Inverloch in the first place. We attended the education centre, which had lots of really cool things to look at and touch. The scientist that led us had actually discovered his own dinosaur (and is […]

The week started at home with a bit of a tidy up and some new iPad apps. I got crossy roads for Daniel, but Alex wanted it too. Alex also earned another cheetah baby on his sm, which he’s been working towards for ages so he’s pretty happy about that! We decided to go to […]

I fixed the trampoline! The kids can now bounce on it! It was a big effort as I did it myself and I’m clearly not as strong as I’d like to be! I was a bit short with kids whilst i was doing it which i look back now and think how unfair that was. […]

Cup day was spent at home, with family sporadically coming and going! We had unexpected visits from Vio’s sister and kids. Previously to this Vio and I had spent the morning tidying up – the garage was a shambles! I went out back to play softball with the kids once everyone had left and the […]

Horseshoe bend farm has reopened! Well, it’s accessible to the public and is no longer a farm, but we were excited as we’d see another part of Brimbank park – with the Wedge Tailed Eagle’s nest. So we met up with a friend and had a walk around. Unfortunately we didn’t find the nest! But […]

We went swimming at a local pool that we had not been to before. I was scoping it out for future lessons as I like the sound of the carnivals that they hold each year. However I was quite disappointed. The kids had fun, then I took Alex to karate – Alex told his instructor […]

Daniel really wanted to go to the zoo but I had to convince Alex! Daniel has his own agenda now so it will become more about balancing both of their needs and less about him tagging along. I knew Alex would love it, it’s a transitioning thing! First off we went for a walk in the […]

Alex asked me what the difference between ‘fought’ and ‘fort’ was. he hadn’t seen the spelling. So I explained the two, and that they were spelled differently. I commented that it can be confusing and Alex replied with an analogy – “at little athletics there were 3 Alex’s. Whenever someone said ‘Alex’, they didn’t know […]

Ok, so we don’t really need holidays from school. But I do get excited by all that’s on offer over the holiday period. Here’s what we got up to this time around: Junior rangers – we attended 3 separate JR events! The kids love to be outside in nature and love animals. Oh and it’s […]