Isaac didn't do a self portrait (unless its showing the inner workings of his mind!?!) but wanted me to show everyone this.
Showing posts with label Isaac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Kidmade Again
Isaac didn't do a self portrait (unless its showing the inner workings of his mind!?!) but wanted me to show everyone this.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Getting Back On Track
February was not the best for various reasons, so I'm pleased we are well into March and looking forward to Spring.
The garden is coming to life with all its spring bulbs and frog spawn in the pond and my thoughts are turning toward the vegetable garden and how behind i am already!
Education wise we seem to have found a comfortable rhythm to our days once again after the hiccup of February when things were all over the place. It made me realise that even though we don't follow a strict timetable we do need a guideline to follow or things tend to fall apart. It is also important for me to make sure i have books and websites at my fingertips and things printed ready for the week ahead. I had gotten out of the habit of doing this and it was wasting a lot of time. So to aid me I'm in the process of creating a few google pages to keep our "curriculum" all in one place. So if any of you grandparents/uncles/aunts want to keep track of what we are up to, take a peek. Or anyone else for that matter, hopefully this may be of use to other HEers. I love seeing what other families are up to and have found lots of useful books that way. One of my favourites at the moment is La Paz Home Learning.
Isaac has really got into his Montessori activities now so i'll leave you with a few pics.
Insets For Design
Helping his sister with a amphibian cards
Our version of Cylinder Blocks
The garden is coming to life with all its spring bulbs and frog spawn in the pond and my thoughts are turning toward the vegetable garden and how behind i am already!
Education wise we seem to have found a comfortable rhythm to our days once again after the hiccup of February when things were all over the place. It made me realise that even though we don't follow a strict timetable we do need a guideline to follow or things tend to fall apart. It is also important for me to make sure i have books and websites at my fingertips and things printed ready for the week ahead. I had gotten out of the habit of doing this and it was wasting a lot of time. So to aid me I'm in the process of creating a few google pages to keep our "curriculum" all in one place. So if any of you grandparents/uncles/aunts want to keep track of what we are up to, take a peek. Or anyone else for that matter, hopefully this may be of use to other HEers. I love seeing what other families are up to and have found lots of useful books that way. One of my favourites at the moment is La Paz Home Learning.
Isaac has really got into his Montessori activities now so i'll leave you with a few pics.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Birthdays!
I wanted to record the children's birthdays before Christmas got in the way. So for those of you that weren't with us here we go...
Isaac had his 3rd birthday on the 20th.
Sportacus outfit from Nana and Grandad
A Wee Robot from Hillary's pattern
Cake Time
Emily was 7 on the 23rd
Horse Life to go with her new DS - metallic pink of course.
More horses in the form of Scheich figures from Nana and Auntie Kath
And yet more horse type stuff...
Lots of brownie points for Auntie Alex - a long awaited my Little Pony
Another pattern by Hillary. Mr Gnome has gone to live with our newest nephew.
Thank you cards will be in the post after Christmas!
Right, off to dig out presents and enjoy mulled wine - Merry Christmas All!!
Isaac had his 3rd birthday on the 20th.
Sportacus outfit from Nana and Grandad
A Wee Robot from Hillary's pattern
Cake Time
Emily was 7 on the 23rd
Horse Life to go with her new DS - metallic pink of course.
More horses in the form of Scheich figures from Nana and Auntie Kath
And yet more horse type stuff...
Lots of brownie points for Auntie Alex - a long awaited my Little Pony
Another pattern by Hillary. Mr Gnome has gone to live with our newest nephew.
Thank you cards will be in the post after Christmas!
Right, off to dig out presents and enjoy mulled wine - Merry Christmas All!!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Montessori
Isaac had his second taster session at Montessori today. I went with him last Monday and stayed the full 1.5hrs. He loved it so much that he cried when i took him home so i wasn't too worried about this morning! Sure enough he had a great time :o)
It is really wonderful to go and observe the children in a Montessori school, to watch them so absorbed in their activities. One of my favourite parts is snack time. They reserve a place at the snack table then go and wash hands. They then carefully carry their cup, saucer and plate to their place and take their plate and fill with their chosen snacks. They pour their own drinks and when they have finished they do their own washing up. Sometimes the children are as young as 2.5 years but they do everything so very carefully. It was clearly one of Isaac's highlights, as i knew it would be ;o)
So he starts in January for 3 morning sessions. He will almost be a year younger than Emily was when she started. I think Emily is almost as excited as he is!
It is really wonderful to go and observe the children in a Montessori school, to watch them so absorbed in their activities. One of my favourite parts is snack time. They reserve a place at the snack table then go and wash hands. They then carefully carry their cup, saucer and plate to their place and take their plate and fill with their chosen snacks. They pour their own drinks and when they have finished they do their own washing up. Sometimes the children are as young as 2.5 years but they do everything so very carefully. It was clearly one of Isaac's highlights, as i knew it would be ;o)
So he starts in January for 3 morning sessions. He will almost be a year younger than Emily was when she started. I think Emily is almost as excited as he is!
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