So we have hit November and it is time for our annual games competition to begin. Every year for the past five years we have done this and it has been good fun, and can get competitive! This doesn’t mean that we don’t play games at other times during the year – but this is […]
Football for learning! Mr Pickles is a big fan of football. He loves playing it, watching it, and reading about it. His interest in this is a great way for him to learn about things without any pressures or being forced to do so – he loves to know stuff. During the summer we avidly […]
We travelled to Leeds for the youth climate change protest organised by youth4climatechange protest at the end of September 2021, and it was really inspiring! It was our first protest as a family and both Miss Crackles and Mr Pickles were excited. Banner Making Every good protester needs a banner, so we set to making […]
A not back to school picnic for home educated children is exactly what it sounds like! Home educated children meet up with other families, and have a picnic in a park. Traditionally at this time of the year social media is flooded with first day at school, new school and new year photos of kids […]
The village in which we live had a scarecrow hunt over August. The theme for this year was ‘hero scarecrow’ which led to lots of discussions and musings of what our hero scarecrow should look like. Who would be our hero? Finally, after a few days of deliberations we decided on Frodo! A small hero […]
We did a really cool and colourful experiment this week that was very engaging. This cool experiment made some beautiful patterns using just a few things and we learnt about why this happened. What do you need for this experiment? Milk Washing up liquid Food colouring (we had red, blue and yellow) Cotton bud Dish […]
Last week we looked at weights and measurements. We compared how a one kilogram free weight and a one kilogram bag of pasta looks and feels different. Visually we thought that the free weight would be heavier because of what it is made of! Looking around the house we found lots of different items and […]
Hot on the heels of our previous Fizzy Glitter experiment we tried a water suspension one! This experiment came from A Mothership Down – again, I have no affiliation to this website I just liked this easy experiment. What do you need, and what did we do? A bowl of water (preferably clear) A clear […]
A few times a week I try and do a hands on science experiment – it is not always related to what we are teaching but sometimes just because I like it, they have spotted it or it has shown up on my social media. This week we did a fizzy glitter experiment. This is […]
Mr Pickles is four. He can be a bit stubborn about things, and we did not want to put him off learning and reading by forcing him into it when he was not ready or open to learning. However, we firmly believed that he needed to learn to read in order to experience life and […]
