Monthly Archives: March 2012

Picture Study – How we do it…Monet

Posted on March 25, 2012 by dhahabu

I love art but have never learned much about it, much to my disappointment.  However, Edward loves drawing and painting and really enjoys art and I like the Charlotte Mason idea of picture study so I’ve decided to make it … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it just doesn’t go to plan…

Posted on March 20, 2012 by dhahabu

We have Family Worship each evening after dinner.  Recently, Andrew bought a CD with songs of different verses from the Bible as an aid for the children learning them.  Yesterday we learned about the Golden Rule: doing to others what … Continue reading →

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Around the World through Books – France

Posted on March 16, 2012 by dhahabu

We’re getting through our virtual world tour much more slowly than I’d imagined.  I’d planned one country every two weeks (cue laughter from more experienced mums and home educators!) but I’m realising that to enjoy home education at this stage … Continue reading →

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Our week

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dhahabu
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Space study week 2 – Gravity and Space Rocks

Posted on March 5, 2012 by dhahabu

We started this week by learning about gravity: its impact of Earth’s gravity on us and of the Sun’s gravity on our solar system.  The Intellego materials weren’t very good on this topic so we read one of the excellent … Continue reading →

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