MummyTeacher

Monday, 8 December 2008

The best Papa ever :)

Sparklers! Can you beat them?!

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Firework and skyline pictures with glitter pens.

Firework pictures in a sparkly frame.

Before things got messy! Thank goodness for vacuum cleaners!

Firework pictures with shiney, glittery, sticky things :)

Firework pictures with magic pens.

A Day in the Life of Panda Girl.

People often ask me how I keep Panda Girl entertained while the other two work. She often joins us at the table with colouring pens and pictures to colour or stick or sometimes she uses the opportunity to play with her big sisters' toys. Nearly 3 now, she has gymnastics lessons once a week and Playgroup twice a week. Next month she will be joining her sisters at their weekly Storyclub and will also be commencing Trampolining lessons, for which she cannot wait!

We had a well-earned half-term break last week. Lucia made a fabulous papier mache Apatosaurus...

...and we had a lovely time catching up with friends.

Autumn window display.

Monkey Girl's fingerprint hedgehogs.

Panda Girl painted a beautiful leaf mobile.

Singing in the rain :)

A favourite from last year. The girls painted 'Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater' cutouts and relearnt the poem.

Our Autumn collection.

An Autumn crossword.

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Autumn walk. You can't beat it :)

Autumn mud stomping.

Making a playdough, matchstick hedgehog.

Autumn vocabulary, bookmarks, mazes, a bit of maths and some leaf identification worksheets :)

Panda Girl - a hibernating bat.

The Star Apple story and our leaf experiments (how long does the leaf take to fall when I drop it?, how many coins are needed to sink the leaf?, how long is the leaf?)

Autumn craft for the two littlest.

Collecting leaves for our leaf colour chart.

Panda Girl's 'match the scarecrow' work and the two eldest's cocktail stick hedgehogs.

Autumn bingo.

Apple bobbing (a lot of giggling).

Our leaf colour charts, foil leaves, leaf rubbings and a bit of fun.

A bit of Pirate Fun
My scary pirates.

First mate Panda Girl

Looking for treasure.

As of September 1st 2008 we have been following a curriculum based on Mater Amabilis, a homeschooling website for both UK and American pupils.

Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl are, so far, enjoying themselves immensly and our 2 years of thematic units seem to have put them in good stead for learning. It is a little less work for me as I am now expecting baby number 4 and my evenings are now for sleeping!!

However, we do plan to keep a healthy number of thematic units flowing throughout our school year. Watch this space!!

Making fairy cakes for Aunty Grace's and Uncle Thomas' Birthdays.

The finished product. Ta da!

Pic-nic in the park. Ballet Girl had just recovered from chicken pox, Monkey Girl had it and Panda Girl was just about to get it. The joys of infectious illnesses.