Before we had her, though, we had a summertime, which I have conveniently summarised in photographic form. I was confined to the house for 6 weeks of prodromal labour, after having been confined to the house by SPD, but we had a good time anyway.
 We played with our food... |
 ... and climbed high things... |
 ... and ate all the peas BEFORE we photographed them (I think there were about 6 pods) ... |
 ... and photographed the flowers before spacehoppering on them... |
 ... and some of us got a little obsessive about websites with phonics stuff on them... |
 ... and we did cycling and swordfighting... |
 ... and got bigger and bigger ... |
 ... and played some more. |
Another new beginning, of course, is that now that I am freshly active and back to my able-bodied status, we can go back to the usual round of things we like to do - library trips, museum visits, maybe art galleries, possibly slightly further afield also - and of course the local home ed groups, if we can manage those, too.
And I've decided, after thinking about things for a bit, that I'm going to get a curriculum for my four-year-old. She is not the same as the six-year-old at all, and where externally imposed guidance grinds one child to a halt, it seems to give the other one a bit of zing and bounce.
I've decided on Five In A Row for a number of reasons. It was easy to get hold of, the books are lovely even if we abandon the curriculum itself untasted, and it seems like it will be easy to sell on if it doesn't suit us. Also, I've been following the adventures of the Tinderbox family and it seems like I would enjoy teaching from the FIAR curriculum, which you must admit is an important factor if I'm not to bore the child to tearful rebellion or, worse, apathy.
There are a number of other things I'd like to get regularly involved in. Both children are signed up for swimming lessons again, this time on the same day which should help Emer a good deal. There's a regular ice-skating group in Oxford, which we could probably get to every other week if not every week. There's the usual Friday at ERAPA thing, which I would like to get to more often than we have managed it for the past two years (I can't believe I've started going just over four years ago, that seems ludicrous). And of course Rob is now working right next to the museums in London and day-trips there are more appealing than ever.
I'm a little leery of taking on too much at once, but it's nice to feel so enthusiastic. Though it could be just newborn hormones.
1 comment:
Nice photos :)
Ice skating is only fortnightly anyway, so that makes that easier :) ERAPA seems like it's going to have more in the way of organised activities next term (well, perhaps one a week!). The thought of this does not impress my children, but the reality might be appealing.
You could always try the Tilehurst group too - another fortnightly thing (synchs nicely with skating atm) - which is bus-able. RG31 5TX. Lots of L&E&A-aged children.
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