I was sad to see we have fallen off the list, but not surprised, so many great blogs out there!

Carry on enjoying the site wont you!

Vicki , Steve , and Asha !

BBC Penmon lighthouse on Anglesey

The Penmon Lighthouse on Anglesey seems a fair challenge, but what about Roman Rock in Simonstown, where great grandad used to work?

Roman Rock lighthouse is the only lighthouse in South Africa to stand on a rock. On account of high tides and gale-force winds, work could only be carried out 7 days a month and consequently it took 4 years to build – from 1857 to 1861.

Roman Rock lighthouse in 1910 with the lighthouse keeper and his assistant. The lighthouse keepers in 1910 were Charles H and Jeremias  B.

Great Grandad at work

pdf article on Roman Rock Light House

Where we live none of the shools do “flexi schooling”. But then our LEA has no information on its web site about home education either!

so what is home education? Well I have no interest in formal, 9-3 sat at a desk all day education. that isnt education for me, although there are some home edders who do that. for me home education is providing opertunity to learn, facilitating learning experiences and helping the child to develop there own cognitaive  and social skills.

Sounds good.. but in reality?  Well at the moment it is loads of play with outside toys, reading books, looking at insects and the world around us and enjoying life to the full.

And after camp, that has mainly involved sitting infront of the tv, as Asha has had something with milk in it,  and listening to the borrowers. She has listened to it as a book, a few weeks ago, listened to it as a tape this morning, and this afternoon she is watching it with daddy on T.V.

Tomorrow / later today, we may well make them a home :d

That is what I call home education.

I also noticed that the galleries weren’t working, preumably since the last update. They are now fixed.

The more I play about with wordpress, the more I like it.

Granny was 65.
Daddy was 6 – well that’s what he says :d
We did painting and made cardboard animals at C.L.A.S
We made food, and cooked.
We made goats milk cheese – yummy.
We went shopping.
We sat and watched Mary Poppins.. (what a great film!)
We discussed chimney sweeps, musicals, dancing… and asha wants to return to ballet – so we shall
We have played ball, made bags out of felt, managed to jump down firemans poles unaided!!!
We have started to recognise D,B,S,M,A in capital letters and small letters. Expertly!
We have drawn pictures of flaminogoes, daffodils, puffins, grandads, and made dens and nests.
We have talked about the moon and the sun. How to make electricity, Why people need glasses, Why people live and die, what the difference is between a leaf eater bee and a bumble bee. The difference between wild and domestic animals….

We have practiced ballet, and drawing. We have made mud pies, eaten in restaurants. Tried oysters, and scallops.

Seen Oxford, Stratford, and slept at uncle andrews house. In fact all things considered, its no wonder i cant remeber what we have done this last few weeks, as all I have wanted to do is sleep, sleep sleep!

We have read books, and discussed the moon, time, our bodies, and why we have skin. We have talked about why some animals have fur (like cats) and some have a hide (like rino’s)

And to add to this medley of life, Steve has read her Jonathan Livingstone Seagull !

Why can we see the moon in the day time?

Why does it go dark at night?

How do bees make honey out of nectar and spit?

Why do some people need more sleep than others?

Why do people shout?

Why do peopls spit?

Why are flames sometimes blue?

Why do we get fog?

Why does the small hand on a clock never move when I am watching it mummy?

I am sure Steve will add to this list, but these are some of Asha’s questions for this week. If anyone fancies trying to answer them for me, all help appreciated!

Anyway today someone approached me from CLAS to say it was family tree house they found the CLAS site, and that the blog was interesting… So this has spurred me on to keep on blogging.

Now two other people have added me to there Facebook accounts… the problem? I cant access mine!

I still don’t like the layout of the Admin, I still don’t like the PHP or how complicated it is to change the style/theme. But, it has taken me 2 hours with WP to do what it had taken 2 days with TP and the TP site still didn’t work properly. I admit that the problems with TP are more to do with me than TP itself.

Perhaps in time me and WP will become friends.