Category: Unschooling

Today is the 31st of july! I am so behind on this blog and so I am hoping to capture the month of May in brief… Home Kids co-built a train track whilst I was busy with food co-op work. Also they play together with the magnetic tiles. Watching How to train your dragon series […]

Home We played capture the flag. They wanted to use the glue guns. I suggested they grab some supplies and create something before we glue, but it seems they just want to test it. Alex glued some pieces of wood together and then kept throwing it to see if it would break. He also glued […]

Home We made a lava lamp with pop tops by pouring in glucose syrup, washing up liquid, coloured water and oil. I was inspired by scienceplay as Alex was interested in the density tubes. The kids noticed that 4 layers formed. They shook it and bubbles formed and we left it for a few hours […]

This blog is really getting away from me. I need to streamline. So I think I’ll post fortnightly in detail and continue my WWGUT monthly posts that include all of the pictures I’ve taken that month. I also think that from next year my post titles will be very boring as I lack the creativity […]

A kids day… We started the day with cuddles, a chat and some breakfast. The kids decided they wanted to play at the park, get kombucha and go to scienceworks. Alex also planned when he’d do his session. So we met friends at the park – first time we’d met these friends outside of groups. […]

Home I got Alex the StickMan app (not by Julia Donaldson) – you have to draw your character and go on an adventure. You have to insert names for the people you want to rescue. Alex wrote ‘Clea’ – he could spell it himself. It was a very fun game. He got a bit stuck […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]