I took the plunge and joined Savannah over at Hammock Tracks and took part in the Whimsical Wordless Wednesday Photo Challenge – Week 2. Every since I did Erin's photo challenge last year I've been looking for a new one to participate in. It's a fun way to stretch the way you see the world.
In our home school this week…
- We have been working on two digit subtraction with manipulative's demonstrating borrowing.
- Finished reading Little Pear Sir N giggled his way through this book and wants us to read the sequel.
- In See How It's Made we read about glass making and LEGO block production.
- We've been reading about the rise of civilisations in The Usborne Book of World History
- We also started our Aussie Animals Collection.
- We spent two days at Healsville Sanctuary and got to see Australia's living fossil The Mountain Pygmy Possum as well as the critically endangered Orange Bellied Parrots. {Only 50 left in the wild}
- The Illusion of Doing It All
- Virtual Refrigerator come and display your children's creativity.
- Johnny Appleseed Mini-Unit Study (includes printable)
- Have you seen the Joshua Project ? Each day at a glance you can meet a new people group to pray for.
- Sally's post over at I take Joy Ways to Make Time for His Word
- Marcy's post 10 Days of Heart Parenting -- Your Primary Responsibility
- Westgate Mall over at Paradox Uganda
- This week I spent a day delivering a whole range of things that I had borrowed and needed returning.
- No official sports as it's school holidays here.
- My mom, sisters and a couple of friends. Avoiding Melbourne it's too busy during holidays.
- My Dad starting a BLOG! It's been so much fun helping him set it up. He has done some amazing trips around Australia. He is planing a two to three month trip around the western part of Australia next year and is chronicling his planning, preparation and trip. Dingo Den's Travels Please pop on over and say hi :)
- School holidays. I am in the process of de-cluttering and spring cleaning.
- What topics would you like to see covered here on this blog ?
- A blog post on teaching composition.
- Updating two pages here Homeschool Help and Reviews summary page
- Tech support to start two new blogs Dingo Den's Travels and Gage's Big Adventure
- Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most pernicious threat facing children today By ex-lads' mag editor MARTIN DAUBNEY I highly recommend this article. It is well written and insightful as to what is going on in schools today.
- What it Really Means to Say ‘I Do’
- 5 Ways to Cure Your Wanderlust At its core, wanderlust is a longing for something you don’t have, and therefore it is an emotional impulse that deserves thoughtful consideration ...
- Stunned By Love.
- Top 10 Mind-Blowing Images Of Human Life In The Womb
- Haunting reminder of millions of lives lost in war as artists stencil 9,000 bodies onto Normandy beach to mark Peace Day
- How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits
- Shocked to read this Overweight 2-Year-Old Undergoes Weight-Loss Surgery (PHOTOS)
- The message is that girls are worthless – but the silence from feminists is deafening
- What ever is in the freezer ...
- Food--trim healthy mama by Nancy Schell
- Trim Healthy Mama Recipes by Julie Gavin
- Those who faithfully pray for me ...
Blessings
Chareen
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