After this morning's great start with the snails I knew that today couldn't be anything other than great. Following on from the snail interest I had printed off a wordsearch on snails. They both love wordsearches so were very keen to get on with..
Topics: child-led

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I got up this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed, well I got up anyway, to find the kids had beat me to it and were already and were fascinated by 2 snails climbing up the flyscreen on the patio window. They were captivated by them as you could see the.
Topics: child-led, snails

{"title":"An unexpected learning experience at 7am","post_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/unexpected-learning-experience-at-7am.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"lovehomeschool","date":"2008-10-27 23:48:00","summary":"I got up this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed, well I got up anyway, to find the kids had beat me to it and were already and were fascinated by 2 snails climbing up the flyscreen on the patio window. They were captivated by them as you could see the."}

I am feeling much more refreshed and relaxed this week in our homeschooling approach. I have decided to give up my plans that are not working and are making us all miserable. I am giving child-led learning a go. I have told the kids that we won't..
Topics: child-led

{"title":"Trying something new","post_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/trying-something-new.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"lovehomeschool","date":"2008-10-27 00:56:00","summary":"I am feeling much more refreshed and relaxed this week in our homeschooling approach. I have decided to give up my plans that are not working and are making us all miserable. I am giving child-led learning a go. I have told the kids that we won't.."}

This week has been a mixed week for us. Our plan for the week didn't go exactly to plan as often seems to be the case when I plan!!! Monday was ok. We got everything I wanted done besides French and Science. The kids decided for time-out period they..
Topics: Weekly Wrap-Up

{"title":"Weekly Wrap up 4","post_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/weekly-wrap-up-4.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"lovehomeschool","date":"2008-10-24 22:57:00","summary":"This week has been a mixed week for us. Our plan for the week didn't go exactly to plan as often seems to be the case when I plan!!! Monday was ok. We got everything I wanted done besides French and Science. The kids decided for time-out period they.."}

Well as always seems to be the case when I do a plan of the week's work it goes right out the window. I am surprisingly calm though and am not stressing that we are 'behind' as I usually would. I can see that the kids have been learning...
Topics: child-led

{"title":"Schedule Plan goes out the window!!!","post_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/schedule-plan-goes-out-window.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/lovehomeschool.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss","author":"lovehomeschool","date":"2008-10-22 04:55:00","summary":"Well as always seems to be the case when I do a plan of the week's work it goes right out the window. I am surprisingly calm though and am not stressing that we are 'behind' as I usually would. I can see that the kids have been learning..."}