Archives for 2006

EERE Kids: Learning About Saving Energy—For Young Scholars

Odd weekend, mixed in so many ways. Saturday we spent mostly up at my parents, with my sister and her dp and kids. Lots of fun, it being Rowan’s extended birthday event; all the kids played very happily all day and Rowan seemed to get hauled into the melee very happily. G’s dp made ginger […]

BBC NEWS | UK | British adults ‘fear youngsters’ Out of all of this report, the thing that is just sad enough to make me weep is the blunt fact that we are a (collectively) a nation of people who don’t wish to spend quality time with our children. What happened? Ways of entertaining kids […]

Fran had her first appointment with the cleft team in 2 1/2 years today. It was a really big deal for her and she got very overwhelmed by it; first thing this morning she positively howled in my arms over the whole thing, so much so that she was properly shaking and shivering. I feel […]

Monday – Current interest topic Tuesday – Living history topic (use darned shelf full of Sonlight) Wednesday – start some nature study Thursday – art, artists, music, musicians Friday – geography Monday – science (aim to do more theoretical stuff as practical will be done at weekend) Tuesday – religion/geography/history combo (SOTW) Wednesday – random […]

Tuesday was… um… tuesday. I know we did stuff all day but i can’t remember now. It felt like quite a positive one though. Oh yes, we did normals all morning, gamed together over lunch and then read several books about the sky, stars and the sun. Lots of gems of info they know popped […]

Now, i know i’m known at times for being a bit of a drama queen, so i think this deserves to be said. 18 months or so ago, you might rememeber that Maddy had a run in with a dentist who i specifically called out beofre the appointment and explained that she had difficulties coping […]

I’m just testing these out really, cos i’ve vhad them made and i want to see them together, but so far i think i am pleased 🙂 I’ve got a couple of animated ones too, but i think i must be missing something obvious as when i upload them they aren’t animated!!! I’ve had this […]