I worked so the kids went to their grandparents. I took Alex to karate in the evening. This time Alex copied some words. He was given a stamp – I’m not keen on this new initiative though. Alex has since commented on not receiving stamps because he ‘failed’. On a terrible weather day we decided […]
Category: Unschooling
Beach, parks and festivals
Alex attended karate on Saturday morning as he’d missed it on Friday having been at Kryal castle. He came away saying that he wanted to attend every Saturday! Daniel and I played together on his iPad in the car. He has this pet doctor app that he loves, I also got him thee ‘Mike the […]
Kryal Castle Camp
We spent the following 2 days at Kryal Castle as part of a homeschool educational tour. It worked well because we got to do a lot of things we wouldn’t have ordinarily been able to do as a family group and met Alex’s wish to […]
A quiet end to the month
We started the week with a home day, with the kids playing on their iPads and then all of us heading to the skate park for a play. Alex designed a race for us and we spent time at the playground, not forgetting to collect leaves for Sticky – the other 3 stick insects died […]
Laughter, a river cruise and baby animals!
A chilled start to the week – we headed out early knowing that the weather would turn in the middle of the day. We headed to a new spot to collect feathers, which was pretty unsuccessful but we talked about why – bird migration, cold weather s no moulting. We ID’d the birds we did […]
Minecraft days, abstract art and model train exhibitions!
Daniel finally got to open his presents, he received lots of things for his kitchen and he loved them! He also got some crafty things, and painted a little treasure chest. Alex asked to go to a new park that we’d visited once before with a huge slide. It was such a beautiful day! We […]
Lego workshop, aquarium trip and a party for my 3 YEAR OLD!
I organised a lego workshop with Young Engineers of the western suburbs. The kids were given a lego technics set including a motor, and given the task of building a car. All the kids had to get to step 6 but could complete the steps if they had time. Alex got upset that he hadn’t […]
Fake Food Park, Fire safety display and Minecraft
We took the train to the city and headed to the NGV. The kids exhibition ‘Fake Food Park’ was on. Daniel enjoyed making food things, there were lots of interactives that the kids got to play with too. But after an hour or so they wanted to head outside to the gardens. The kids spent […]
Boomerang throwing, and not a single photo!
Another day at work for me, and another day for the kids at Grandparents. Next day we were up early and headed to the Aboriginal Heritage Centre. It was a long drive, but Alex really enjoyed the day. They painted boomerangs after learning about the symbols used from a story. Alex found the painting frustrating […]
Not much to report!
A few playdates to start off the week. We had visitors, and Daniel found it hard to be included in the play as he didn’t want to share! At the park he was much better, neutral ground has always worked better for us! The boys hunted for millipedes and explored the park as we were […]