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 […]
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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 […]
What we got up to – May 2015
Here’s a few piccies of what we got up to (WWGUT) May 2015 An activity in local shopping centre set up as dominoes, but Alex got building Image 1 of 38
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 […]
My latest readings and thoughts on unschooling
I’ve just finished Sandra Dodd’s big book of unschooling. I just couldn’t put it down. I’m understanding the shift from rules to principles much more fully, not that we ever had many rules as such. But I realise that sometimes ‘no’ is a no just because I’m the parent and I’ve decided that ‘good children’ […]
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 […]
What we got up to – April 2015
Here’s a few piccies of what we got up to (WWGUT) April 2015 Painting with his cousin Image 1 of 43