I havent blogged regularly for ages I just dont know where this year is going, its really flying by!
The kids have been to another couple of sessions at Wise up and have tried lots of new things there. http://www.wiseuphe.netfirms.com/ has details of all the happenings and photos ( too much by far to blog here)but Sophie has especially enjoyed drawing Manga with her friends which pleases me because she isnt really the strongest artist ( like me) and so its nice seeing her want to experiment and practice Shes continued trying to do lots at home too, completing her 'draw write now' exercises and Ive also bought her a 'how to draw' fantasy book which shes tried a couple of times.
http://www.dragonflycreations.co.uk/ came along and ran a fantastic workshop teaching the children about sustainable crafts and green wood working
Both the kids are looking forward to the music lessons in September although I think it will be Sophie who actually sticks it and wants to learn guitar. Connor just loike bashing the drums in the music room and making a racket! Some drum lessons are something he's looking forward to and hopefully that can be organised.
Circus eruption have been along several times to Tuesday club now and Connor bought his own poi at Glastonbury as a result and now wants to try diablo, Sophie tried a pair of 'bouncy' stilts and the guys said she was really good on them and with practice should be able to walk and jump by herself
On the education front we've been quite slack lately, Ive not been very well and am often exhausted which needs investigating, I suspect Im anaemic so have started taking supplements but it doesnt seem to make any difference... The kids have been doing their Sonlight stuff but the core read aloud "Red Sails to Capri" is SOOO boring for me to read. They love it but I'm afraid I downed tools last week half way through a particularly long and tiresome chapter and refused to read any more of it for a few days before I burned the damn thing... Im failing to see what makes this particular book a shining example of good literature and since I have to read it Ive said they can wait until my hatred of it has abated a little! If its that good then they will wait and stay interested!
Theyve been doing some education city( mainly maths, english and science although theyve played with the Franch games a bit too)
We've been looking some stuff about greener living, recycling, energy saving and composting ( I'm tempted to get a composter so they can see how it all breaks down)
Theyve both been doing some workbooks which I had long abandoned but they were happier to pick up( and asked for). Sophies gone right off Galore Park English but thats something Ill be prodding her to get going with again. I think she just needs lots more support and guidance than most kids because of her dyslexia. Its certainly not the books fault that she cant manage it because its quite clear. She constantly says she wants to take a whole load of GCSE's etc but doesnt seem to realise she will need to be able to do Junior school level english before she will even be able to join in a GCSE level class later. She would just love to be able to take a GCSE next week and for it all to be so easy... Ho humm...
The kids have been to another couple of sessions at Wise up and have tried lots of new things there. http://www.wiseuphe.netfirms.com/ has details of all the happenings and photos ( too much by far to blog here)but Sophie has especially enjoyed drawing Manga with her friends which pleases me because she isnt really the strongest artist ( like me) and so its nice seeing her want to experiment and practice Shes continued trying to do lots at home too, completing her 'draw write now' exercises and Ive also bought her a 'how to draw' fantasy book which shes tried a couple of times.
http://www.dragonflycreations.co.uk/ came along and ran a fantastic workshop teaching the children about sustainable crafts and green wood working
Both the kids are looking forward to the music lessons in September although I think it will be Sophie who actually sticks it and wants to learn guitar. Connor just loike bashing the drums in the music room and making a racket! Some drum lessons are something he's looking forward to and hopefully that can be organised.
Circus eruption have been along several times to Tuesday club now and Connor bought his own poi at Glastonbury as a result and now wants to try diablo, Sophie tried a pair of 'bouncy' stilts and the guys said she was really good on them and with practice should be able to walk and jump by herself
On the education front we've been quite slack lately, Ive not been very well and am often exhausted which needs investigating, I suspect Im anaemic so have started taking supplements but it doesnt seem to make any difference... The kids have been doing their Sonlight stuff but the core read aloud "Red Sails to Capri" is SOOO boring for me to read. They love it but I'm afraid I downed tools last week half way through a particularly long and tiresome chapter and refused to read any more of it for a few days before I burned the damn thing... Im failing to see what makes this particular book a shining example of good literature and since I have to read it Ive said they can wait until my hatred of it has abated a little! If its that good then they will wait and stay interested!
Theyve been doing some education city( mainly maths, english and science although theyve played with the Franch games a bit too)
We've been looking some stuff about greener living, recycling, energy saving and composting ( I'm tempted to get a composter so they can see how it all breaks down)
Theyve both been doing some workbooks which I had long abandoned but they were happier to pick up( and asked for). Sophies gone right off Galore Park English but thats something Ill be prodding her to get going with again. I think she just needs lots more support and guidance than most kids because of her dyslexia. Its certainly not the books fault that she cant manage it because its quite clear. She constantly says she wants to take a whole load of GCSE's etc but doesnt seem to realise she will need to be able to do Junior school level english before she will even be able to join in a GCSE level class later. She would just love to be able to take a GCSE next week and for it all to be so easy... Ho humm...
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