Originally Posted by Kris I've posted elsewhere but I think swimming needs its own thread. I enrolled my eldest in swimming lessons at about 18 months old. She loved it, small class, made up mostly of friends, gorgeous teacher. All sorts of games. I'd heartily recommend it again. Then we moved and I had another baby and I didn't drive so swimming lessons stopped. Enrolled eldest in swimming lessons again at about 4 or 5 so she and I could have some mommy&me time; first teacher was wonderful. Enthusiastic, ...
It’s taken me almost a month to write up my summary of Australia’s first unschooling retreat, and the delay belies the impact and inspiration that have I felt from being amongst like-minded unschoolers for even a short time. At the unschooling retreat's section of the camp grounds, the meeting tents were decorated with strings of colourful bunting that featured inspiring quotations. After the weekend ...
Updated 27-09-2010 at 07:54 PM by SparklingAdventures
A few pics from my patch... I pulled the plants out of the planters today (yum yum carrots) and moved them and the old bath to make raised beds and a pond. The stone circle will be another raised bed.. probably a herb garden with something larger in the middle. Lavender perhaps? ...
Originally Posted by Kris My craft wish list - more lyra pencils; decent watercolour paper; one of those shelving sets on wheels for wet on wet paintings to dry; a plethora of main lesson books, more water colour paints, some deciduous trees for leaves; a pond with rushes and reeds for basket making; moulting birds for feathers; a beach for driftwood, water tumbled glass, round stones; a beehive for beeswax. I bought a trestle table last year and now I'm not sure where we've stored it but I need to get it out again.
Originally Posted by ceres I'm constantly amazed by the perception that non-homeschoolers have that homeschooling must be really hard and take a lot of comittment. I've been outside doing some watering and playing with the animals while the children have: - coloured in - collected and sorted the lego minifigures - filled a bucket with gravel - played with the guinea pigs - made themselves morning tea - played many imaginary games All of which they have done with absolutely no intervention, ...
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