Project one: armor Dunno why Project two: printing Ok, so I started this one as we had to finish another project which she lost interest in quickly (been going on too long) but then there was ink to use up, choice. Helena scratched the ink off with sticks, fingers, paintbrush and a paper towel. She…
Category: technology
the holiday programme was OK, just in case you were worried…
One of the things people worry about homeschooling is whether the kids will be socialised… double whammy for me having – oh no an ONLY child. Guess what.. they worry about kids socialisation skills at school too. I remember there were a couple of kids at school (I’m talking primary school here) who other teachers…
not growing out of things (19.09.18)
Pirates…. Helena has been into pirates since, well ages… er 3 ish? I have no idea where she heard of them. I asked her why she liked them years ago and she said something like “because they are fierce” not even she knew how she knew that. I made her a pirate outfit (with instruction)…
four out of five isn’t bad (14.09.18)
it says – Read books go to the library play do the garden Happy Fish printing Today I said we really should finish up stuff however Helena wanted me to read to her so I said “put it on a list” and went and got dressed… then I came out to find this and weirdly…
more on the qualities of wax (the weekend)
We are making non plastic shopping bags (fundraising for nature, a KCC challenge) and printing on them a design of Helena’s called Happy Fish – it says “thanks for not littering” and she recently added “keep our drains clean”. So I in full on make stuff up as you go mode, experiment before reading, trace over…
the balloons that keep giving… 08-08-18
blowing and sucking back the air you blew into the balloons putting water into the balloons how much water can you put in until they explode? how much air can you put in until they explode? rolling water filled balloons down the path tying up the balloons with harakeke – we didn’t want them to…
weird project x – Friday July 27th 2018
Tools balloons brought with your own money loom bands daffodil stems metal straw frozen grapes Method Blow up balloons… discover that you can use a daffodil stem as a straw especially when it’s tied on with a loom band… connect two balloons… blow one up and squeeze the air from one balloon to the other……
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