tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56074911966356768802024-03-26T23:38:13.145-07:00Really? Home Education!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-60341828840505051592014-07-21T22:32:00.000-07:002014-07-21T22:32:00.114-07:00Greenhouse Effect and Autumn LeavesPhew. Some days are diamonds and some days are stones.<br />
We had talks about respect, respecting me and each other. Wasting time with stupid little bickers...basically crap. Yes...sometimes my kids just don't want to cooperate. It does my head in. Then life discussions happen and we move on. Thankfully.<br />
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We started the day with a DVD...a simple synopsis of Romeo and Juliet. It was great because it gave them an idea of the story and characters before we read it. We used a no fear Shakespeare book which I used...and the kids had R and J plays to read. We all took it in turns. They were surprisingly interested.<br />
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We then used a kit...earth lab kit...and enjoyed doing experiments about the greenhouse effect. We all learnt something.<br />
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When coal, petrol and wood is burnt the carbon dioxide produced stays in the earth's atmosphere and this creates a heating effect. They also discovered that co2 doesn't allow a flame, which they quite enjoyed testing over and over again until the air was back to normal in the test container. </div>
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-15135371872548963652014-07-18T03:48:00.000-07:002014-07-18T03:48:08.916-07:00Week One Term 3 2014We are into the second half of the year. We are escaping major illnesses, which is one of the main reasons we began home schooling. Our household was constantly full of illness, my schooled kids often having 13 weeks off school each year. It was rolling illnesses, so there was rarely a time when everyone was well. But I digress.<br />
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We had a reasonably successful week. It started with s delivery of books, and then a second and a third box. Still waiting on many, but the most important ones came. Story of the World and the Geography texts.<br />
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The kids continued with their maths excel revision books, and for English they wrote a narrative. I did this just to see how their writing has come along. I gave them no direction at all. They will need one more lesson to finish (and Jacob decided he wanted to write another novel so he will need longer).<br />
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They continued with their NOEO Physics lll science kit looking at gravity, Kepler and Newton.<br />
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They began Story of the World.<br />
I have to say this is perfect for the way they learn. They actively listened and questioned and then they rewrote what they had learnt. We will go through the first two books, SOTW 1 and 2 and see how they go from there. Jacob and Maddie will cover their History curriculum for Stage 4 by doing this, and Connor will be using a supplementary history program where he will cover the rest of Stage 5 curriculum. I have made a workbook for him, one of which I will assign time each week for him to independently complete.<br />
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The kids also started a new Geography text and activity book. They have done mostly natural learning in the area of Geography, and I just haven't felt satisfied with it so far, so after a bit of research I took the plunge and purchased new books for both stage 4 and 5 geography.<br />
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For visual arts this week the kids did a sample run of a stop motion animation. They used this little set and furniture from IKEA. Knew it was going to be a winner. We had planned crating a video for visual arts, and this could also cover design and technology.</div>
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-36814106853504400822014-07-16T22:39:00.004-07:002014-07-16T22:42:30.633-07:00Stop Motion AnimationWe have had a very difficult few weeks. My beautiful mum and the kids gorgeous grams passed away. Mum has been a huge part of my kids lives and we will all miss her with all our hearts....love you ma xxx<br />
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It has been very hard to get back into school work with the kids this week, but we have all soldiered on.<br />
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It has been hot and cold....teens can be very moody and under the circumstances I have tried to be patient.<br />
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They've done some great work. We started story of the world...but more of that in another post. Maths text work and they started a new Geography text and workbook, and they seem to like it.<br />
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Today they finished with a stop motiin animation clip. <br />
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A few months ago I purchased a furniture set and a backdrop scene from ikea...knowing it would be perfect for stop motion videos. I was right...a dor able !!!<br />
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I will show you their trial run and hopefully a better one next week. It was enjoyed by them all. Maddie setting up the scene. They will be adding sound to it next week too.</div>
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-86912974348855621452014-06-21T20:37:00.000-07:002014-06-21T20:37:24.685-07:00Speedart and Acrylic PaintingsC J and M got their art on this week. Maddie and Connor did a landscape using acrylic. Connor added pigment pen. Jacob did a a speedart using his new pen and tablet gor the computer.<br />
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Connor's art.<br />
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Used hands for the sky...gee it was good therapy...lol...<br />
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-73504739778541429402014-06-13T22:05:00.000-07:002014-06-13T22:09:47.507-07:00AuslanEach fortnight we get together with a couple of families and have fun learning Auslan.<br />
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We do it as a LOTE...I know that's not on the official list of languages in nsw but we do it because it is the most useful to us. <br />
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We use the stage 4 and 5 language outcomes minus the written outcomes. We used the German outcomes and I swapped German fpr Auslan.<br />
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It certainly covers all the outcomes nicely.<br />
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RiDBC have a free app of 100 most common words you can sign...<br />
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You can find loads of sites with auslan finger spelling which is probably the most beneficial thing to learn. Heres one<br />
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<a href="https://bilby.net/FreeResource/SignFree.asp" target="_blank">Free resources</a> for learning Auslan<br />
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Thanks Sarah...<a href="http://www.is.vic.edu.au/teachers/learning/lote-resources.htm#auslan" target="_blank">another great link</a>...<br />
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-76213976804009796552014-06-05T01:59:00.001-07:002014-06-05T02:25:50.245-07:00Two Artworks Finished and a New Book...or 8...Almost the end of the week again. It comes around so quick each week don't you think? Today we took it easy. I think the kids are getting sick and I'm not feeling that wonderful either. It is Winter now I guess.<br />
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Each first wednesday of the month we get together with a bushcare group and volunteer our morning for getting rid of invasive weeds in a local area. The children love it and work very hard. It's such a rewarding activity and I thoroughly recommend it.<br />
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Some bridal veil creeper with the huge tuber like root system. The kids are learning so much about the environment and caring for their local area.</div>
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It was stunning. We all caught a ferry to Darling Harbour and enjoyed the lights from the ferry. We also enjoyed a delicious gelato and an amazing hologram light show. The kids also had fun with the interactive lights at Circular Quay.<br />
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This week they have been working on an artwork inspired by the display on Customs<br />
House at Circular Quay.<br />
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-40593921296028308552014-06-01T04:34:00.000-07:002014-06-01T04:34:19.081-07:00Our Vegie PatchLast year, for design and technology, Connor planned a vegie patch utilizing our yard. He was going to use the non grassed areas. .. However last week, inspired by Jamie Olivers woollies cards and videos we all decided that we don't need grass as much as growing or own vegies so we went ahead with vegie patches in the backyard. The kids were in awe of the garden they saw on the videos. Me too just quietly.<br />
The yard was a mess as we are having a rubbish pickup tomorrow so it looked even worse. ..lol...they helped put together the organic garden beds. ..The soil was ordered and the shoveling from front to back began. In one weekend. .. day 2 in the pouring rain... we made and planted 4 garden beds. Some of the vegies planted were broad beans, cauliflower, spinach, onions, purple carrots, beetroot, Brussel sprouts and kale.<br />
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It's stage one of creating food in our back yard. The kids are coming up with more ideas for more ways to add food in the yard. So we'll slowly get more and more that we can eat from our own backyard. It's fantastic. First photo is a before...thats for our council rubbish pickup.<br />
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.with me. It was a success with him and after moments was making links about fractions that he hadn't thought of just by doing paperwork. There is a game creating equivalent fractions, but we also used it as adding fractions to create the selected fraction. I will use it for Maddie to teach equivalent fractions and to solve problems and work in her text book.which she was doing today without the use of the hands on game. I'm sure she'll find it easier, and like Jacob discover links with fractions. By the way, Maddie and Jacob are using a stage 4 maths text book, so I could see these covering more than one stage. They sold things like this without the game aspect, so glad I selected this one. Just makes it multi use really.
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Many outcomes were achieved this term, however I really over planned, as per usual, not nearly finishing the book thief unit, as the kids were also doing a writing course. Geography will have a bigger focus this term, as the kids only did natural learning with that. History was enjoyed, and Connor will continue war studies, with Jacob and Maddie doing Ancient Australia.<br />
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XxxMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-21628113347909100172014-02-02T04:02:00.000-08:002014-02-02T04:02:17.618-08:00Our Week<span style="font-size: large;">Well....even though it was three days it's still Term 1 Week 1 done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a good few days to be honest. Plenty of learning and folders looking great, with the kids having pride in their work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Noeo Physics Science curriculum is working well so far...I am liking the style of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids are enjoying listening to The Book Thief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This coming week we will be starting a writing curriculum as well. Write With The Best by Jill Dixon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids work through their Excel maths texts books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are working through their Geography text books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">History is the study of WWl for now, and they will also be watching movies and clips, as well as their text books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For music and visual arts we just talked through what will be happening this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Design and technology will begin this week, with the design of something to make the learning room a nicer place to be in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They enjoyed Parkour as well, with their Auslan class held in the park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some links for some of the resources we are using for this term</span>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375842209/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375842209&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">The Book Thief</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0375842209" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are loving this story and plan on seeing the movie once we have read it. There are so many study guides and units out there, I just googled The Book Thief unit of work and I had the choice of many.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This can cover nearly every outcome in any stage of the syllabus, depending upon what work you decide to do with it.</span><br />
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This would cover all the values and attitudes 1 in any stage.<br />
Many of the skills outcomes are covered (working scientifically).<br />
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This also is used with Noeo Physics lll. Such a great quality kit.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Went to the library today and borrowed some DVDs and a few books.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This looks great and if my kids, year 7, I will be purchasing if they like it. I have a few Usborne books...they are lovely and many have internet links to further the kids knowledge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK...Well, here's hoping for another good week, although they have all come down with a flu, all of them at different stages of it, so we will see how it goes. Lucky I got plenty of documentaries on ANZACS, Animals and Ancient Egypt, along with MY PLACE...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Until next time</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">lots of it</span><br />
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-62559228902328398392014-01-23T14:54:00.002-08:002014-01-23T14:58:41.624-08:00Physics lllAt last....yaaaaayyyy...<br />
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The last of my resources (for now) have arrived.<br />
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This exciting lot of goodies I got from <a href="http://www.logospressonline.com/physics-iii/" target="_blank">Noeo</a> Science.<br />
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This is their Physics lll kit/curriculum. It says it covers years 7 to 8 , big that's in the U.S. Much of the Australian area of physics can be covered with this kit...in both stage 4 and 5, and it even covers some of stage 3.<br />
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All I can say is wow.....the electronics kit and the physics kit are amazing quality. The books are informative and beautiful...the instructors guide has reproducible pages for experiments and very clear and simple lesson plans which refer to the books in the kit.</div>
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I looked at buying the kits and some of the books individually, but in the end thought I'd give the whole thing a go.</div>
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The kits are brilliant.</div>
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Firstly, the physics kit...another Thames and Kosmos one...I love these...best quality I've seen. You can purchase these separately too.</div>
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This one is the basic kit that comes with it...very sturdy, great quality pieces. It's about $43 at the moment.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">selects and uses appropriate oral, written, visual and digital forms to communicate effectively about the past for different audiences</span> <br />
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Here is our box of resources, besides textbooks, that we will be using. This also doesn't include the DVDs we will be watching. These are numerous, but on our list are: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,<br />
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In the box there is a poetry book about war, a variety of novels, and two huge books that were purchased at Narellen op shop.The one on the right is filled with newspaper pages during the period...very interesting.<br />
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There is also a game called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0080NQ878/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0080NQ878&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">Axis & allies 1942 Second Edition</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0080NQ878" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
. This is a strategic war game...You can click on the link to find it at Amazon. It was the cheapest I could find, including the postage...if you read my last post I got this as well in my bundle of 6 other goodies posted for $80 all up. There were a variety of Axis and Allies games there, but this one was and appeared to be the best value...there's a $25 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007TB3R80/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007TB3R80&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">Axis and Allies 1941 Board Game</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007TB3R80" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
dollar one, but it didn't get the best reviews on it...there's also more expensive ones too <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SU94PQ/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003SU94PQ&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">Axis And Allies Europe 1940</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003SU94PQ" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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The pieces inside are plastic but pretty sturdy...the actual board itself comes in two parts...you open it out...I'd say maybe 80 by 80cm big....and it's a map of the whole world....throw a bit of Geography in there as well...<br />
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-60015281335729695542014-01-20T21:32:00.000-08:002014-01-20T23:20:53.695-08:00Getting Our Science Equipment ReadySo happy and excited.<br />
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The microscope <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ALT6BM/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001ALT6BM&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">Thames and Kosmos Biology Tk2 Scope</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001ALT6BM" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
is what we all played with today. I have not really looked through a microscope with success before, but you should have heard me scream with joy looking at salt crystals...lol...yeah...I was excited...</div>
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This microscope is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ALT6BM/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001ALT6BM&linkCode=as2&tag=realhomeeduc-20">Thames and Kosmos Biology Tk2 Scope</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=realhomeeduc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001ALT6BM" height="1" style="border-image: none !important !important; border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
...I did lots of research and reviews on it and this one came out well considering the price...it was just over $81 Australian ...think its about $84 now...plus maybe $15 or so for postage...I got 6 or 7 things from amazon and postage was $80...so pleased with that...</div>
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Oh the biology, earth sciences and just plain fun we can do with it at home...it's as sturdy as anything...really strong plastic...feels tough...</div>
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<br />Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-13936132324900918722014-01-19T22:24:00.001-08:002014-01-19T22:30:17.158-08:00Planning planning planningBeen a while for sure.<br>
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Thought I'd touch base again as we are coming into the new year of learning.<br>
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Thought I'd give an update since July 2013.<br>
We continued to struggle through our learning...when I say struggle I mean finding our way...it does take a while to get into the groove of how your family works best...I could show you lots of things, exciting wonderful things, that we did...also lots of great work...but I won't....<br>
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What I will do is start from this point...and hopefully pop into this blog some useful info, links and ideas, and what the kids get up to.<br>
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I have spent a few weeks last year, just before Christmas, planning for 2014. I planned it all, then at the beginning of this year found a whole heap of wonderful resources, so of course I changed our programme, as you do, to make it more hands on for the kids.<br>
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I must admit, I am very excited about this year.<br>
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My goal is to have a peaceful year of learning...peaceful and beautiful.<br>
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I have read a bit about Steiner education, and although I am not totally following it I really can relate to many of the ideas in it.<br>
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So, this year will involve lots of beautiful artworks, drawings and really making beautiful folders of work...something that the kids didn't do much of last year, we'll the artwork they did, but not the bookwork.<br>
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Term 1 will consist of a study of the world wars...much of our work will be related to them. For English we are studying The Book Thief....reading it, and seeing the movie and studying the world wars for History, in particular Australia's involvement in the wars.<br>
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I'll go further in depth and show you some of the resources we are using for all the subjects as they arrive.<br>
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For maths we are using excel revision text books, along with khan academy...the kids love Khan so we will go with that for a while.<br>
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Science was going to be purely text books...but science is one subject that we seemed to do in spits and spats so I purchased a curriculum with gorgeous books and a couple of great kits. Can't wait until that one arrives.<br>
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Music will involve a great composers unit study, plus ukulele with a home schooling group...which is loads of fun.<br>
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Visual arts will involve a study of the great artists, using a great online unit of work, plus a variety of fun activities for the kids...term one will involve a stop motion movie....looking forward to that one.<br>
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Technology is going to be covered by building veggie patches, designing toys and using digital programmes, cooking, sewing and designing something to make their school area more pleasant.<br>
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PDHPE happens naturally when you home educate, but the kids will also be doing a parkour lesson each week at the local YMCA. They love it.<br>
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LOTE is going to be Auslan this year, not a traditionally accepted language but in our world a very important one. We have a lesson and use apps for that.<br>
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Pretty sure all is covered now.<br>
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What I will do in coming days is go into each one in detail, listing resources, which I can't wait to get!!!<br>
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MandyMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-27572596003400451772013-07-03T01:08:00.000-07:002013-07-03T01:08:13.689-07:00Weekly Timetable<span style="font-size: large;">Hi there!</span><br />
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I have had many people ask to look at how I program and in particular how I do my weekly timetable.
I am showing you a sample of my weekly schedule. We roughly stick to this, and as you can see it shows a small section down the bottom for additional activities that we do, for example excursions, cooking and the natural learning that happens as life happens.
It also allows you to pop notes down if you didn't finish work, or if your children need extra help etc...Hope you find it helpful. It's not perfect, but it helps the kids see what is to be done, helps me keep on track and satisfies the need to record the activities for the NSW BOS</span>.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">English<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reading A ghost in my suitcase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Writing..journal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spelling ipad app<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maths<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">C Maths Online<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">___________________<br />
___________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">J and M<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Textbook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patterns and algebra 1:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Constructing number sentences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">28 and 29<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">English<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reading: A ghost in my suitcase/reading aloud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maths<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">C Maths online<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">____________________<br />
____________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">J and M<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Textbook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patterns and algebra 2:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Problem solving<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">30 and 31<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HSIE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Continue own choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Language/ Italian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Audio of greetings and basic colours/numbers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HSIE will be an emergency services day, filled with practical
experiences, listening and questioning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">BREAK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MID SESSION<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Science<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Textbook 19 to 21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Science as a human endeavour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Workbook page 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">M and J<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finish writing up mould experiment…discuss results..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Begin migration of animals…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HSIE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gold workbook:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diary entry as a child on the goldrush fields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Geography<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Geographers use maps and atlases..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Worksheet (workbook) on knowledge of maps..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">8 and 9(textbook)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visual Arts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look at timeline of art periods<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Complete magazine face, and painting over magazine face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor:Design and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Create 2 pages for portfolio<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maddie and Jacob, catchup time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">HSIE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gold continued<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">History<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor: Textbook:read page 42, answer questions 2.1 page 43<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Read page 43 to 46…answer questions 2.2 page 46<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">PDHPE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Organised play in the park, sporting activities, social meet-up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">BREAK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">AFTERNOON<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visual Arts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Portrait out of junkmail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And starting magazine face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-88756294840763831272012-07-16T21:41:00.000-07:002012-07-16T21:41:32.777-07:00Term 3 Week 1 Day 1 2012Well...today proved to be rather trying. To get the kids motivated was quite tricky, but with a few bickers and tanties we got there in the end. <br />
Today we thoguht we would show you some of the more enjoyable activities we did today.<br />
Connor did a great experiment project to see how different substances change the time it took to dissolve an alka seltzer. He is still waiting for the oil to dissolve it...He guessed that the oil placed a barrier around the tab and that it may never dissolve. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maddie and Jacob did some visual arts. Last term they drew some trees out at a local park. Today they used watercolours and acrylics and tree branches to paint a picture of a sunrise in our front yard. A brayer for the suburbia part.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the photo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHKfRqqw2tHpRFnvCXbofinJK8B983IGMQDmzjrlvT4iTa0Sd0CdMS6LKnlmb45HmsZ23CHkZMnO5aRq9DN9hj_q9_r9Qto_dWOWqi63MV5bGI0ZEaH3c5Snk3-yG7jEGmU9QDGmtpO66/s1600/318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHKfRqqw2tHpRFnvCXbofinJK8B983IGMQDmzjrlvT4iTa0Sd0CdMS6LKnlmb45HmsZ23CHkZMnO5aRq9DN9hj_q9_r9Qto_dWOWqi63MV5bGI0ZEaH3c5Snk3-yG7jEGmU9QDGmtpO66/s640/318.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Here is Jacob's<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Signing off</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mandy</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-81679075644665826632012-05-21T02:36:00.000-07:002012-05-21T02:36:55.677-07:00Science ExperimentsThese last few weeks have seen the kids very busy.<br />
Lots of library time, with Ancient Egypt dvds being on our agenda.<br />
Connor is doing a powerpoint presentation on Ancient Egypt making sure he covers information like everyday life, gods, a timeline, to name a few.<br />
We are slowly learning Italian, Caio , hahaha...<br />
So, science, we had a mystery liquid and had to do different ways of separating to discover what was in it.<br />
First he did filtration, then we used heating to separate the water from the solid...on the stove in a pot...who says it has to be all scientific...lol...anyhows, here are some photos...<br />
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The kids also had to solve a crime....it was a bit daggy, but the loved doing it anyhow. The above photo is connor and jacob learning guitar...<br />
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oh the places you'll go.....dr suess<br />
cheers<br />
mandyMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-89823609108500604752012-05-01T22:32:00.000-07:002012-05-01T22:32:48.812-07:002nd May 2012Art and the Rennaissance<br />
Today we talked about Leonardo Da Vinci with a myriad of his artworks flashing before our eyes. Just check you tube, there are that many you can pick from. I thought it would be fun to experiment with different drawing mediums.I said quick kids, go grab some stuff to draw. Would yoy believe they got some fruiy and threw it into a bowl...lol...we then made our page roughly in quarters and drew a graphite pencil drawing, an ink continuous drawing, which they loved, a drewing using charcoal pencils, and concentrating on shading. These pencils are much cleaner than blocks of charcoal. The last was a choice of your own. e finished off with listening to Verdi's La Traviata .Here are the results..<br />
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</div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431497921907185863noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607491196635676880.post-74299262120207623972012-04-22T06:50:00.001-07:002012-04-22T06:50:13.687-07:00Yes, I am really starting home schooling in the true sense of the word. With one anyway. Connor is in Year 7 and he will be starting on Tuesday. Jacob and Maddie are continuing Distance Education for this coming term, and we will see how successful that is and reassess toward the end of the term.<br />
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I called this blog Really? Home Education because many people certainly do have that response to this decision. Our reasons for starting home education were probably very different to why many homeschool, ie Jacob's illness and the necessity to do it. But since doing it, my attitude has certainly changed towards it, and I believe it is a very positive way for your children to learn I could go into the lists of why, but many people have already done this on many an article. I believe home education is a lifestyle choice, and we have gone down that path. With support from the many other wonderful homeschoolers, this lifestyle can be a wonderful one.<br />
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This blog will be for a record of what the kids do and how they are doing. The kids will be making entries as well with their triumphs and work. <br />
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This blog will show you the adventures the kids go on and how that is incorperated into their curriculum.<br />
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Hopefully this blog will give you inspiration and ideas for your children as well.<br />
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Ok. Well we are two days before school begins for Term 2.<br />
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The Subjects Connor will de doing are:<br />
English<br />
Maths<br />
Science<br />
Geography<br />
History<br />
Italian<br />
Music<br />
Visual Arts<br />
Here are 2 of the many many text books we will be using for resources. (Thought I better put in a photo.)<br />
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I am a lover of all things Visual Arts so heres hoping for some amazing artworks. We are also all very excited about learning Italian and hoping that many of the family will become efficient in at least saying Hi! to each other.<br />
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No photos as yet. And there is still much to do. I need to sign them up with Maths Online. I have heard many wonderful things about this program. I still have some minor tweeking to do but in all honesyt I am really looking forward to the challenging times ahead.<br />
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Until next time<br />
Take care<br />
Mandy<br />
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