We’ve been doing school a little differently since this term started… when we get to this time of the year, it seems that we’ve done the bulk of the basics, and I have to figure out what else to do. Added to that, we haven’t been able to get new school workbooks, so it’s been a case of trawling the internet, organising what we already have, and giving heartfelt thanks for the library! 😀
Last week we focussed on music. We listened to “Peter and the Wolf”, and “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”. We looked at the different instruments in the orchestra, and were able to use a book from a set that was given to us by a lovely friend 😀 They’re “I Wonder Why” books, and one was “I wonder why… flutes have holes, and other questions about music”. The other questions covered everything from world music instruments to the language of dance. They had a great time, and a bit of a giggle 😀
Added to that was the normal maths/english mix, guitar lessons, a bit of baking, gardening, learning about God, and basic socialisation. Sometimes I think I’m getting this homeschool thing….
Here’s littlest bean doing some reading.. this book is about silent letters, the one before that was about fractions, decimals, and percentages. Yayy for the library!
Grandma had given them some modelling clay to practise for making Christmas presents, so they spent the afternoon making stuff…
Little bean made a “fan”… and then proceeded to make a medley of traps and bouncy castles, none of which was captured for posterity…
Biggest boy was very serious about his work, and found he has a bit of a talent for sculpting 😀
Ladybird
Snowman
Computer (complete with fingerprint!)
Penguin! 😀
Can’t wait to see what he comes up with next!
… edited to add – this is what 😀
1000 Fields of Roses 
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