The best place to be when it’s raining is somewhere warm and cosy…
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It’s raining… chilly and cold. Here’s some rainy beauty to warm you…
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… and a song to be inspired by…
This is another TED talk I came across… it’s quite short and easily digestable (although it seems to end quite abruptly… there may be more somewhere.. 😀 )
Very interesting, and I agree with a lot of what he’s saying…
Our homeschooling journey has evolved over the last few years… I went through the school system (and, by and large, enjoyed it..) so my initial focus was on workbooks and standardised testing. I’ve drifted over to the unschooling side of things since then, although I still cling to “the rules” a bit 😀 .
I think, at the moment, that we should go with the best of both worlds… I agree that divergent thinking is an important trait in any educational situation – the ability to learn, to use the information given, is more important than amassing facts with no connection to reality.
Having said that, I still want my boys to learn facts! I still feel the need for some sort of structure… I don’t want them to get to graduation and realise we forgot to cover an essential subject! I can’t help thinking, though, that a lot of that is based in my fear rather than reality…
A friend posted a link to the updated Australian Curriculum… I haven’t checked it out completely, but I will find it helpful as a basic guideline..
I want my boys to –
Stay curious…
Keep an open mind..
Question!
Be able to distinguish between fact and opinion..
Be flexible..
See, experience, and explore the whole, beautiful wide world out there!
I still need to find the balance between structure and… non-structure? 😀 I think they are steadily learning each day… both in their different ways…. and, in the end, we learn/discover/grow for a lot longer than twelve school years…
So… I went to bed around 7ish last night, and didn’t wake up till 7ish this morning…
… and I was still trying not to fall asleep during the day!
This is, of course, ridiculous..
So..
instead of the post I was going to make (about a book I’ve just read called “The Hippie Handbook”), I’ll just post some nice, restful, mini-holiday scenes from Five Minute Getaway
Good night..
Sweet dreams!
On Sunday, our church is having a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for Mothers’ Day. I don’t have a hat for it (especially not a mad one!), but if I did, I would like it to be some sort of steampunk…
I quite like this one..
…. although it’s supposed to be a witch’s hat… has any witch ever really worn this style hat?
My preference would be for a top hat…. here are my favourites 😀
A Mad Hatter Hat!
… and, to finish off, a Tardis Steampunk Top Hat!
Because top hats are cool.
Just had a look at a TED talk –
Perhaps not “change the world”, as such, but maybe change our perspective of the world (and thereby help us to change the world)?
I’ve heard about TED talks (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design), but never really had a proper look… I will check it out now…
There seem to be a variety of subjects from a variety of perspectives… a teensy bit of language in the above clip, if that worries you… so possibly check out talks if you’re showing them to the kids 😀
Here’s the link for the talks…
Here’s the link for the Art Project from the above clip…
My Mum told me about this today, so I looked it up… it’s from a show called Grand Designs (or Grand Designs Revisited)
It’s a house made from materials from the surrounding woodland (a place called Prickly Nut Woods 😀 ) …
Here’s some more information…
😀
Pinata cookies!
Rainy Day Cake!
Honeycomb Sugar Cookie!
Macaron Hearts!
Fading Roses Cake!
Hibiscus Tea Cookies!
Have a sweet week 😀
a bit of creativity, a bit of eco consciousness, a bit of inspiration.... hopefully not a lot of pompousness and blathering :D
i'm not entirely sure what's going on here... let's travel along and see...
1000 Fields of Roses 