Monday, 20 October 2014

Make Your Own Bird Feeder

The Boy woke up and made a spider - because that is always a good way to start the day.

Monkey Girl had a good look at a far away tree.

And then everyone designed their own bird feeders.

The boy made a peanut butter and seed tube.




And used a drill to make a wooden feeder.  Happy Boy ;)







Panda Girl used a seed and honey mix which she is freezing overnight ready to hang out tomorrow.


She also made a bottle feeder, using tape to cover sharp edges for the birds.  Because she's lovely.


Monkey Girl made a feeder with a perch.



And this is why we call her Monkey Girl.

Ballet Girl used a pre-cut piece of wood and kept the seeds in with peanut butter smeared inside.

And she also made two brilliant hanging tables: one with seeds and one with porridge.


I think they are all fantastic!  They are outside our classroom window so we can see if they are a success!


Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl spent a while doing some tree and fungus identification around the garden.

And they each tied a bag around a branch to catch water vapour from the leaves: a breathing tree!

Apple bobbing.  Catch your own snack.




After lunch we did poetry...


...my always determined but today under-the-weather daughter was adamant she wanted to persevere with her maths...

...activity books...

...trampolining class and then Lego before bedtime.

Phew! 'So pleased God invented sleeping.  G'night :)

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Conkers, Safety Glasses and Frozen

We finished the week like this:

The Boy had a LOT of concentrated happy time with veneer from his Uncle T.  Please note use of important safety glasses ;)



The girls worked through their autonomous work (English)

(Spanish)

The shop remains a hit and we even discovered that two of our pumpkins weight EXACTLY the same.  Which is cool.

Bestest Nanny Mo, Grammar Queen and Word Master came over and played editor to Ballet Girl's and Monkey Girl's book that they have written and illustrated themselves on Blurb.  Now it is edited we can get it printed!

In the afternoon we went to the library.


And visited miniature cousins for a conker hunt.




We completed our week with a Friday Night at the Movies watching Frozen and eating popcorn.  Perfect.

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Pumpkin Faces, Chicory and Bird Migration

Trying not to go bonkers inside the house all day after weeks of poorly children is no mean feat.  

Our crazy may have transferred itself a little into these pumpkin faces.




These two little ones...

...made leaf ripples...


...and tried their hand at modelling.

Monkey Girl made a squirrel and Panda Girl made a hedgehog pencil holder.

The Boy made a very prickly hedgehog.

We talked about harvest and how blessed we are to have food whenever we need it.


The two littlies also made abstract lego trees.

I asked Ballet Girl to write down some questions she would like to know the answer to regarding bird migration. She then researched to find her answers and created this lovely piece of work to show her findings.


Monkey Girl couldn't focus this morning so she drank a glass of water to hydrate and went for a stroll in the garden to clear her head.  She came back in after a while and did some autumn alliterations and then some sculpting.  And this is why we love homeschool :)

Panda Girl made a tomato and chicory salad to help Mummy make lunch.

And after lunch The Boy weighed and sold a few veggies in his Pumpkin Patch Farmshop.


 These three worked silently for two hours this afternoon on Spanish, Maths, Faith Work, Geography and History.  Good girls.

This evening Papa helped with lifts for Panda Girl's Tap and Modern Dancing and Ballet Girl bravely attempted Sea Cadets tonight with Monkey Girl after over two weeks of being poorly.

My Darling Boy's asthma and chest infection have made him miss trampolining, football, gym and a playdate with his best friend this week. Hoping for the weather to stay mild and the antibiotics to do their job, before this Mama gets craaazy cabin fever. :)

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

A Bear Cave

The Boy's chesty cough has developed into a chest infection so our rest days continue.

I made him a bear cave so he could hibernate.


Ballet Girl and Monkey Girl finished writing and illustrating their book on Blurb - about a tiny mouse in search of The Golden Acorn.  Editing next and then it will be ready to order! 


Panda Girl wrote an Autumn Potion poem


Harvest and Hedgehogs



Monkey Girl made a cool flower before dinner.

And Ballet Girl finished the first Redwall book.  Mossflower next!

Two evenings in a row with Papa home before bedtime!