Thursday, 7 March 2013

thu 7 march

we chitted the potatoes.

Wed 6 March 13

Freddy went on the bus on his own! using a day saver ticket I'd bought. He went to bus stop by M&S Food by himself, waited for an 82 bus & got on, got off & went home using key to let himself in.
Ruby & I spent time with an adult with learning disabilities, she observed the different ways of dealing with an adult who struggles to make decisions & execute various daily tasks.

I had a crown fitted at the dentist, so asked the dentist to show them the mould of my teeth and so on.
On the way back they asked lots of questions about inflation.

mon 4 march 13

Went to Telling Tales at the Phil with chef.

Thursday, 28 February 2013

27 & 28 feb

Wed 27 Feb.
a.m. BSF, maths, hebrew, single shard. pm: chicks arrival!
This was a good day - planned, but not too much. Good expectation/ achievement ratio.

Thu 28 Feb.
a.m. BSF then ladies mtg. pm planned: code academy, maths, cooking.

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

sonlight core d


Excited! Cos i've bought Sonlight Core D, 2nd hand for £100.It's lots of books! And **the holy grail** : lesson plans for a year.
It is aimed at age 8-11 and is themed around early history of USA, my fave period of history.
It covers bible, history, geography, english, poetry and lotsa stories.
I think we're gonna have a lot of fun with this.
find it at http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool-curriculum.html?core=D
this combined with our biology igcse work and a little of lots of other things, will be a day's work for my mini students.
excited!

Monday, 11 February 2013

11 feb 2013

today we did our bible study, then a page of biology, talking about life processes. then a single shard.

Friday, 8 February 2013

microscope

Ooh! some exciting work today...
as for the biology gcse, i realised there is some ks3 material we have not covered. so i got out the cgp ks3 science book (it came in a bundle, i hadn't looked at it). the 1st 9 chapters are biology.
So we looked at the first page: the parts of a microscope. we looked up each part on the web, named the parts & what they do. THEN! they went on Little Big Planet level builder on the ps3 (they are very quick and able on this and enjoy it absolutely.) "Build me a microscope!" i said.
They built me a (virtual) micoscope, including a lamp that turns on, reflects from a mirror underneath up into the glass slide, upon which they put a tiny dead fish. they put moveable clips holding the slide onto the stage. i was very pleased with the work & they were so enthused! YAY!
as soon as i've worked out how to connect the ps3 to the laptop i'll put the picture up!
Praise the Lord for different ways of doing things!