While not strictly Home Ed I though it a worth topic to talk about.
Cancer. It suck.
Something like 1/3 people will be affected by cancer in their life either by getting cancer or having a loved one get cancer.
I lost my Grandad in 2010 to lung cancer, He was given a few months and got over 2 years.
That year was the year I did the first race. I walked it in 58 minutes while toting a 9 month old baby on my back. He died 2 weeks later.
The year after I also did the race for life, i jogged it in 45 minutes.
2012 I missed the race, child care issues that cropped up at the last moment
This year myself, and my 3 girlie Teacup Humans (one of them being said baby, though she is now 3) are going to walk the Race for Life together. I am kind of planning to make them a little Superhero costume each.
Here is out just giving page if anyone would like to sponsor us. I am in no way expecting donations and don't want people to feel that they have to donate, but if you can that would be ace.
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/KizandGirls
In other, more home ed related news Noisy Teacup has really gotten into "writing" and by that I mean making marks on paper with a pen and copying letters and generally doodling with a pen.
I bought a cheap calligraphy set and they have all had fun "writing" with it.
Noticing Curious Teacup has difficulty holding pens I bought him a Stabler pen that is ergonomically designed for kids who have handwriting issues. I bought Big Teacup a fountain pen, that promptly leaked everywhere and now we need some more cartridges.
Big Teacup asked for a Criss-Cross word puzzle book and he seems to really enjoy word puzzles.
A new rule has been instituted Here Chez Chaos too. No TV in the dinning room till 3pm. They can watch what ever is on in the living room (generally set to Documentary channels or educational TV) or draw, paint, write, read, play, do a workbook, work on their project or just sit and be bored, because boredom is key to unlocking their inner creativity.
Today is Day 3 of the rule and apart from 3 of them asking repeatedly for TV in the dinning room, its not been too bad.
Time will tell how it works out.
Momma L
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Lifecycles and Lapbooks
As part of our first project on Life-cycles we have started looking at insects. More specifically Butterflies.
We decided to give lapbooking a try. I went to The Works outlet and bought some blank cards. Staple two cards together in the middle makes an 8 page booklet.
Yesterday the Teacup Humans watched a few episodes of the BBC documentary series Life. They saw insects laying eggs, Larvae hatching and drying off before flying off to mate. We saw a Stalked Eyed Fly inflating its eyes. The male with the widest eye span wins the right mate with the females.
We saw Damselfly's laying their eggs underwater. We saw Australian wasps fighting over mating rights. The Teacup Humans were fascinated when one of the females was accidentally decapitated in the battle.
Today we watched Anatomy for Beginners. A fascinating show on Netflix, but it was aired on Channel 4 a few years ago. People had donated their body to science and they were dissected right there on stage in front of an audience and the cameras. We watched the first 3 episodes on Movement, Circulation and Digestion. We got part way through Reproduction then Netflix stopped working.
The Teacup Humans then designed and drew the cover for their lap booklet.
Here they are. I did mine last night as an example of what they could do.
They are from left to right, Big Teacup, Pink Teacup, Momma L
Curious Teacup, Noisy Teacup and then Mini Teacup.
They kind of got the idea, Noisy Teacup said she couldn't fit hers on the page so she drew the caterpillar on the back.
Tomorrow we will work on adding content.
Momma L and the Teacup Humans.
We decided to give lapbooking a try. I went to The Works outlet and bought some blank cards. Staple two cards together in the middle makes an 8 page booklet.
Yesterday the Teacup Humans watched a few episodes of the BBC documentary series Life. They saw insects laying eggs, Larvae hatching and drying off before flying off to mate. We saw a Stalked Eyed Fly inflating its eyes. The male with the widest eye span wins the right mate with the females.
We saw Damselfly's laying their eggs underwater. We saw Australian wasps fighting over mating rights. The Teacup Humans were fascinated when one of the females was accidentally decapitated in the battle.
Today we watched Anatomy for Beginners. A fascinating show on Netflix, but it was aired on Channel 4 a few years ago. People had donated their body to science and they were dissected right there on stage in front of an audience and the cameras. We watched the first 3 episodes on Movement, Circulation and Digestion. We got part way through Reproduction then Netflix stopped working.
The Teacup Humans then designed and drew the cover for their lap booklet.
Here they are. I did mine last night as an example of what they could do.
They are from left to right, Big Teacup, Pink Teacup, Momma L
Curious Teacup, Noisy Teacup and then Mini Teacup.
They kind of got the idea, Noisy Teacup said she couldn't fit hers on the page so she drew the caterpillar on the back.
Tomorrow we will work on adding content.
Momma L and the Teacup Humans.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Educating Teacups
Hello and Welcome to our Home Education blog.
Here I will be posting what we get up to on our Home Ed journey.
This is our family.
I am Momma L, Momma to 5 Teacup Humans.
I like Music, The Sims 3, SimCity, finding out new things, having fun and reading.
There there is Marmite Mug. Momma L's partner in crime and lover of all things Marmite. He is into Lego, Music, Batman, Tech, Graphic Novels, bad humor and Horror.
Daddy L does not live with us anymore, but he may feature here from time to time. The Teacups Humans get to see him very regularly. He is into watching football, gaming, reading and music.
Big Teacup is 10. He is into puzzles, doing experiments, reading books, Dr Who and asking a lot of questions. HE really likes inventing his own world and what lives there and how things work there. He wants to be a Scientist that studies planets.
Pink Teacup is 8. She is into running very fast, Hello Kitty, Bondi Vet and anything to do with ponies. She wants to be a Vet.
Curious Teacup is 7. He is into asking the oddest of questions, seeing how things work, TV, doing art, making a noise and getting messy.
Noisy Teacup is 5. She is into art, writting her name on everything, Hello Kitty, looking at books, running, and joining Curious Teacup in getting messy. I once asked her "what do you want to be when you grow up?" her answer? "The Boss" attagirl!
Mini Teacup is 3. Shes into everything, literally. I asked her "what do you want to be when you grow up?" her answer? "Bigger"
The Teacup Humans and I have been home educating for about 3 years (since Easter 2010) We spent the first few months De-schooling then tried some "Lesson time" which failed miserably, it didn't fit our family. So we decided to just chill and follow a more Unschooling philosophy.
Recentaly we have decided to try again at Project Based learning. We are going to do projects on certain topics and see what we can learn.
I have plans for 4 projects this year.
Our first topic this year is Life Cycles.
Our other projects are
That's of now.
Off to have a fresh cuppa tea, and then gather the Teacup Humans and begin Brainstorming out Life Cycle project.
TTFN
Momma L
Here I will be posting what we get up to on our Home Ed journey.
This is our family.
I am Momma L, Momma to 5 Teacup Humans.
I like Music, The Sims 3, SimCity, finding out new things, having fun and reading.
There there is Marmite Mug. Momma L's partner in crime and lover of all things Marmite. He is into Lego, Music, Batman, Tech, Graphic Novels, bad humor and Horror.
Daddy L does not live with us anymore, but he may feature here from time to time. The Teacups Humans get to see him very regularly. He is into watching football, gaming, reading and music.
Big Teacup is 10. He is into puzzles, doing experiments, reading books, Dr Who and asking a lot of questions. HE really likes inventing his own world and what lives there and how things work there. He wants to be a Scientist that studies planets.
Pink Teacup is 8. She is into running very fast, Hello Kitty, Bondi Vet and anything to do with ponies. She wants to be a Vet.
Curious Teacup is 7. He is into asking the oddest of questions, seeing how things work, TV, doing art, making a noise and getting messy.
Noisy Teacup is 5. She is into art, writting her name on everything, Hello Kitty, looking at books, running, and joining Curious Teacup in getting messy. I once asked her "what do you want to be when you grow up?" her answer? "The Boss" attagirl!
Mini Teacup is 3. Shes into everything, literally. I asked her "what do you want to be when you grow up?" her answer? "Bigger"
The Teacup Humans and I have been home educating for about 3 years (since Easter 2010) We spent the first few months De-schooling then tried some "Lesson time" which failed miserably, it didn't fit our family. So we decided to just chill and follow a more Unschooling philosophy.
Recentaly we have decided to try again at Project Based learning. We are going to do projects on certain topics and see what we can learn.
I have plans for 4 projects this year.
Our first topic this year is Life Cycles.
Our other projects are
- "The British Monarchy"
- "Weather Patterns and Us"
- "Vikings, Romans and Egyptians"
- English
- Art
- Typography
- Cookery
- Sewing
- Maths
- Museum visits
- Reading books
- Watching documentaries
- Library Visits
- Science
- Experiments
- Using the Internet
- and having FUN.
- we could also possibly have workshops at the local museum with other home ed families.
That's of now.
Off to have a fresh cuppa tea, and then gather the Teacup Humans and begin Brainstorming out Life Cycle project.
TTFN
Momma L
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