report 2024 by the artist This was the murder mystery party that Helena wrote to be her party fun. People were given sheets on their character, family tree, some history… then when they arrived they went to their “rooms” and there was a suitcase each with clues. It went so well. Computer ran out of…
curriculum
what even is it? this master that rules us all…. I think of these lovely well-meaning, probably nice people, all sitting around genuinely believing they are doing good for children writing away, contemplating every word. I do think it smacks of what a lawyer (friend’s father) once said about the law – that a belief…
What are you doing?
well I am writing a 3000 word report… what are you doing my darling daughter? there’s this, “I am getting into lego technics” “this goes all the way to the roof…” and some thing about how “it’s physics mum…” “I was just playing around with my knot book” ooo and I can see my darling…
It’s happening
There is something in the wind, and I think they are called hormones. H is definitely a young woman now. Apart from the physical, where she is a small number of cms shorter than me. They way she talks is changing. She has become authoritative! Opinionated! It’s fascinating. Thank goodness she still says she loves…
It is getting harder to write these posts
Mainly as my child is getting older. Her learning isn’t as photogenic.. not as subtle, perhaps. Today, we went to the NMIT (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology). I saw squillions of things I wanted to “do”.. to play with. Big machines you could cut wood or metal with. I saw a room full of silk…
it looks like school to me
except she chose the activities that she has decided that are crucial… This is handwriting, mirror handwriting, upside down writing, left-hand writing, and handwriting in her own personal code. The words are from her Shakespeare insults calendar. “Now I am doing my ds the right way all the time..” Joined up writing to follow! Handwriting…
Homeschool kids play school
they even have a timetable and they stuck to the timetable.. (they must be French as there is no school on a Wednesday) Perriod one: Technology. The top photo is the big kids class where they got nets of cars to cut out and assemble. The bottom is the junior class where they made sculptures…
What! We don’t have to do anything?
rather “Please don’t”… Children do not like being incompetent any more than they like being ignorant. They want to learn how to do, and do well, the things they see being done by bigger people around them. This is why they soon find school such a disappointment; they so seldom get a chance to learn…
not doing my assignment
ooo don’t get me started on self-directed education, I might go on and on and on. That is not what my assignment is on. It is on something interesting that I have been enjoying reading about, and I enjoyed learning to use Canva. However, that is not what I shall be marked on. I totally…
homeschoolery 