Exploring Nature with Children: Week 6

Plant Life Cycle This week Hannah and Daniel thoroughly enjoyed! Daniel achieved his gardening badge, by planting french beans, radishes and beetroot. We are planted on bean in a clear glass so that we could monitor and measure its growth over the following two weeks. We listened to the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, and the … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 6

Exploring Nature with Children: Week 5.

Trees. This week we explored the field opposite our house, and used the Woodland Trust tree identifier app to study the different trees we came across, by looking at their leaves, bark and buds. We looked at the make up of a leaf through a magnifying glass, and made leaf prints by doing wax resist … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 5.

Exploring Nature with Children: Week 4

Vernal Equinox This week we explored the Moon, and why the season changes. A beautiful end to a beautiful month, and we are ready to welcome spring! We spent time outside stargazing, using an app called Star Walk 2 to learn about the zoo in the sky, as well as reading a book called Zoo … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 4

Exploring Nature with Children: Week 2

Pond Week. So this week started with the arrival of Juno. Fortunatley, I had prepared well for this. 2 days before Junos birth, I had got hold of a tank, and collected some tadpoles for us to record and study. We did a very brief nature walk to our local nature spot, to study the … Continue reading Exploring Nature with Children: Week 2

12 months of Home Education: What we have learned so far….

So today marks the 1 year anniversary of when our home ed adventure started. At 3pm I anxiously but boldly marched myself into the school office clutching 2 de registration letters to officially remove the kids from school. This was after months and months (literally since December 2018); of researching, finding and buying resources, getting … Continue reading 12 months of Home Education: What we have learned so far….