i am sorry, i have a sneaking suspicion that the whole of december will be filled with christmas carols - which i adore! so i will start with a proper advent hymn! yay! i love, adore etc christmas carols. and my spine starts to tingle, and i smell the cinnamon/cloves and oranges!…
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Petits Haricots · The life and times of a couple of little beans......
Home educating from the start. An eclectic mix of autonomous, free range, child led, literature led using Singapore maths, sonlight and, well, whatever seems to be working!
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musical mondays - advent music
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packing, and the first scent of christmas!
http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/12/01/packing-and-the-first-scent-of-christmas/here it comes, i can feel it in the air!! we spent today tidying, sorting and packing. SB did a fab piano practice, i did a short violin and piano. both girls did a lot of sewing - v cute and homeschooly!! they helped chris make a christmas cake. chris made his secret santa. both girls did some maths. …
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Not where we planned to be!
http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2008/11/29/not-where-we-planned-to-be/i was thinking that we might be in yorkshire, but a number of events changed our plans somewhat, and we will be wending our way up on mon. not least is the total exhaustion i feel at the moment, and a couple of chilled days with the family seems to be a good plan. …
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Frabjous Days
http://frabjousdays.blogspot.comfrom the class for 'brilliant participation' to boot. We've been making the most of living in London (for once) with a trip to a climbing wall ('I love it! Can we come back?') and also to the Royal Institution for a fabulous talk about chemistry (HT: Petits Haricots). The children were enthralled. Science was followed by Socialisation in the form of a picnic in Green Park, then an impromptu supper for eleven children here. (Thank goodness for pasta and pesto!) Today we had a wonderful country walk in Oxfordshire --
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Green House by the Sea
http://greenhousebythesea.blogspot.comSpam induced upgrade
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"A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education."
http://ellesfuntimes.blogspot.comsee side panel) which Katie and Ben are enjoying. Last week they had to draw something that "comes out of an egg" and they were really pleased to see their pictures on the web page the week after. This week the brief was to draw a flashlight. Have been interested in the Petits Haricots blogging of "Music Monday" for some time now and with the view to enlightening my two on the joys of a wider variety of music other than the local radio station (actually, to be fair, Ben enjoys Classic FM in the car when Katie's not there!) have decided to do our own Music
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a week away
http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2008/01/26/a-week-away...Well, nearly a week. We’ve had a lovely break in Centerparcs with the beans. I’ve yet to find my camera to share shots, but I have pics of crafts, meals and chatting, though none of the swimming that we did. Swimming was the main feature of the week, though we did a couple less sessions than our companions. Small started
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Why Hen?
http://tworedboots.co.uk/blog/2008-01-26/why-hen/Petits Haricots. Off to groovily get my children up for the day; we have Orchestra and a quick flip into town planned, then home in time for Anna to go off to a Spa Day with her friends (sleepover with all sorts of beautifying stuff involved I think) meanwhile Abbie
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