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…
Tag: free play
what happens at when I can’t see
H has been sick and spent a few days watching TV. This just happened to coincide with an interview on Radio New Zealand about how we don’t totally relax. I went with the whole mind-numbing TV thing until I was too restless and started some random projects, so my eyes were off the ball. H…
Homework
This is the kind of homework I approve of…. Self set showing thought and thinking of their game in the context of the wider world… The child who did this homework has been coming for years. They are charismatic, so very full of amazing ideas, such a leader… They told me they were bullied/teased at…
Current passion…
H’s current passion is photography. She has been interested in an abstract way for a while, but since my cousin gave her a point and shoot camera of her own, her interest has skyrocketed. She has filled up a 16GB SD card. She, Ms shy, has even had a conversation with a photographer: getting advice…
My kid’s passions
H is totally cognisant of her passions, she is the one who calls them her passions. They are: Shakespeare, Photography, playing the cello, reading, lego and writing (not on paper but in her head) and making things… “There are quite a few things Mum” “They are what I like doing, and what I like”. How…
Little bits
Our real lives are full of little bits of this and that… The witch and the cherry tree in Lego… all just because…..
two weeks out
We are so incredibly lucky! We got to spend two weeks totally out of our normal life volunteering for the Department of Conservation at a Lodge at Nydia bay. Only 5 hours of power a day, no cellphone reception… no roads, shops and not even many people! We got dropped there by boat with our…
risky play
The kids lit this fire.. they sorted themselves about keeping each other safe – the big ones decided they should light the fire, there was a discussion on the wind. There was some kind of close/ too close circle rule… They went and got sunglasses for the smoke, they also went and got the marshmallows…
random stuff of the week brought to you by rain
Rain, rain and more rain… It has rained every day for the last few weeks. Our garden is a bog, and a very muddy cold bog at that. We have been somewhat stuck inside – I know we could go brave the weather but neither of us want to…… So Helena has put her pile…
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