These last couple of weeks have been full and busy ones. TK, who has been somewhat reluctantly transferring from Cubs to Scouts, went on her first ‘night hike’. It was a little […]
MATER IN CUBICULUM SCRIBIT
Milk, Maths, and Magic
I’m feeling terribly neglectful of my blog because I haven’t written a word for several days: I made the mistake of giving myself Friday evening off, due to the fact that I […]
Knowing When to Stop
This week TK and I continued with her project on the circulatory system and the heart. We also looked at factors and prime numbers, reviewed some of last year’s maths curriculum, and […]
Longleat, 2015
It’s taken a while but I have finally managed to sort through my SD Card and find the photographs from Longleat that were okay. Enjoy!
Lions, and Tigers, and Dinosaurs, Oh My!
Yesterday we took a break from the formal learning and took a trip to Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire. There wasn’t a drop of rain, the summer and weekend crowds were nowhere to […]
Pinterest is Up!
Just a quick note to say that the Pixelated Parent Pinterest account is up and running HERE. Boards with resources from the best of the web, all in one convenient place. Find […]
Follow Your Heart
One thing that I was really quite unaware of before we began our Home Education journey, was the wealth of learning resources available, for free, online. Of course, I knew that there […]
A Woman Divided
I had all of yesterday off work, so the morning’s first task was to move on from multiplication and on to long division. All great in theory, except that when I jumped […]
Experiments in Education
So concludes our first official week as an HE family and we have already learned so much! Maths doesn’t have to be as painful as I anticipated. Planning and projects can be […]
A Just So Story
This post is a little late in coming: What with work and trying to get organised for ‘Not Back to School’, the two weeks since we got back from our holiday have […]