Last week for our homeschool trip we went to an Organic pig farm, I have been to a pig farm before and this one was not quite what I had expected. The one I had been to before was concrete pens with the pigs in, this one was a farm, thats was all hills and [...]
Archive for June 21st, 2008
Soggy Bottoms Pig Farm, Homeschool Trip.
Posted in Field Trips, tagged Field trip, pigs on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
History Fair Project!
Posted in History, tagged History Fair, Projects on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well like i said in an earlier post Jessica has decided of her own steam that she wants to be a part of the History Fair, she has never done anything like it before and I was quite surprised that she was going to do it at all. She has found some books to use.
She [...]
Field Days Fun!
Posted in Field Trips, tagged Field Days on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went to the fieldays in Hamilton last week with our friend Helen and her children.
Some of what we saw were just stalls and things for sale but we looked with great interest [well Jessica did lol] at the Kaimanawa horses on display.
I was fascinated with the Waikato University stall and there [...]
Double Decker Bus Homeschool Trip!
Posted in Field Trips, tagged Double decker bus, Homeschool field trips on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went on another of our great homeschool trips, this time for a ride around Hamilton on a double decker bus.
Jack thought it was great fun and the kids liked the history of the bus and of course the Union Jack flag on it.
Horse Magic Homeschool Trip!
Posted in Field Trips, tagged Homeschool Field Trip, Horse on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went to New Zealand Horse Magic last week on our homeschool trip, of course Jessica didn’t sleep the night before she was so besotted by the fact that it was to do with Horses.
We watched a show and saw the different breeds of horses all dressed up, then each child had [...]
Unschooling at it’s best!
Posted in Technology on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is when I feel we are really homeschooling, when my son can do something with his hands and really feel proud of his achievements. We got a cheap washing machine only a few weeks ago as we didn’t have one and due to finances had to be cheap, then of course [...]
Thursdays Gym Day!
Posted in Physicals Education, tagged Gym, PE, Unschool Fun on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The boys made a hut at out of the mattresses at our gym session this week, Jack was so proud of it.
Jessica is getting really good at the Hula Hoop now I remember the days when I could do that really well, although you would think now that my hips and but [...]
Number Jacks
Posted in Math on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a TV show on Sky Television called NumberJack’s, well I think this must be our version of it, Jack has been trying to count and is asking questions about numbers so…………
We made up this game jumping along the cushions and counting them as he went then to make it more [...]
Welcome To Our World!
Posted in Family Life, tagged Family Life on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to our blog, this is a new blog for me as I felt like a change was needed, so here we are, I hope you follow us on our families journey called LIFE!!!!!
