Category: Unschooling

At home Daniel and I have been reading library books before bed. Enormouse was a favourite (that wasn’t Maisy or Peppa pig!) He’s also started going to bed without milk! He’s been making shadows in the dim light on his bedroom wall. He’s also been doing lots of puzzles and playing with magnetic tiles. I’ve […]

Alex is 7! He wanted to be told happy birthday on the minute he was born. Home I made some oobleck in large buckets and the kids had fun jumping in it, sinking into it, throwing it, punching it, and touching it. We talked about solid/liquid properties and how this material had both. Alex started […]

Rainforest Adventure Alex was excited about visiting the rainforest – he said it was his dream come true! The ranger talked about the dinosaurs and megafauna that lined there millions of years ago. We went on a walk, identifying trees like the mountain ask (second tallest tree in the world!), the two different types of  tree […]

Home Alex has been watching some animal documentaries as well as Trollhunters – he’s really loved this series. He also got into Tarzan and Jane briefly. He found this one scene where Tarzan kicks the ball so hard that it bursts through a football net fascinating! I think the latter has inspired some recent drawings […]

Many days this week we’ve spent sleeping in, all snuggled in the cuddle bed. What a nice way to start the year! I’ve been thinking about how I want to use this blog again. I don’t want it to be boring! I think I’m going to group activities, rather than write about days and report […]

Plus Two, and two, and two again! There were a few days when we had cousins over. We went for a walk to the park, played and watched TV. Alex finds these days a little hard, and relations are strained between us. But when he allows it, we all have fun together. On a separate occasion […]

It’s 2017 and I’m yet to finish writing about December! Home Daniel was watching Mr Maker one morning and suddenly declared that he wanted to make shapes, so off we went to the play room. He got right to cutting. He made triangles first, of different sizes – shape families! He asked me to make […]

The week started with a play date.We had a friend over for the first time. I was a little nervous as Alex and friend can clash, plus with our busy week ahead Alex can often need some space. It was an interesting day – Alex didn’t seem himself, I don’t think he knew how to […]

I signed us up for Currawong Kids. I had been skeptical earlier in the year to spend money to be out in nature, but Alex had so loved bush camp that I thought we’d give it a go. Alex was very keen, and took no persuading to get ready a nd leave early in the […]