I mean we usually still get up out of bed when we feel like it, generally go with the flow of what the day brings.
So I guess not a lot changes,lol.
We put and advertisement in the paper for next week, to help us find a more permanent situation to park our bus in. Was shocked at what the local newspaper charges now to have our advertisement in the paper for 2 days.
But this also opened an opportunity to talk to Miss Personality about how our advertisement gets from the piece of paper I wrote it on, to getting printed in the newspaper.
Monday 21st July 2014
Miss Personality made a friend with a girl who arrived in a caravan with her family on the weekend.
I wrote up on the our whiteboard (the fridge,lol), the key learning areas, so that Miss Personality could chose activities that could tick off a few key learning areas.
I know this isn't natural learning, but it is just my way to get her to do some hand writing, spelling, reading, and maths every day. It is her choice what it is, and she seems to like being able to put a tick next to each thing :)
She gave herself a time schedule to get it all done, as she wanted to go see this friend before they left.
She made a triple link chain bracelet, from memory, while eating breakfast.
Then Miss Personality and mum followed a previously downloaded YouTube tutorial on how to make Marge Simpson.
Since we have limited internet access, we have found a website that you can download YouTube tutorials onto your computer, and save for a later time.
So we make visits to grandma and use her internet to down load the tutorials we would like and then do them later, without having to be connected to the internet.
For anyone interested, this is the link:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001002.htm
We have managed to use it for all our tutorials and sometimes you can even download education movies off YouTube too.
Miss Personality then chose to do some maths on the ipad, using Doodle Maths.
She earns points when she answers so many maths equations correctly, and then can use the points earned to buy things for her pet penguin :)
Miss Personality then wrote and email to her friend in Australia.
She had gotten distracted with all the things she had been doing over the school holidays, that she had forgotten.
She got me to help her sound out some of her spelling words so she could hear the letters, or she would use her Spell - Write book.
She then did a page from her Comprehension and Written Expression work book.
Had to read an article and then answer some questions about it.
After she had done everything she needed to do, she went and did minecraft on the ipad.
She got very excited when she realised mum had updated the app, which allowed her to have a pet puppy.
Later that day it was time to go to her Musical Theatre lesson.
In 10 weeks they are putting on a production on The Little Mermaid.
I am looking forward to watching my little girl on stage :)
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Mum decided it would be a good idea to put together loom band kits for different figures to sell at our market stall we are going to do next month.
Miss Personality decided to pull apart her mermaid, and re make it, so she could count how many bands of each colour she had used, so we would know how many to put in a kit for it.
Went into town to get the car checked out for a Warrant Of Fitness.
We talked about what makes a car safe to be on the road, what things a car needs to pass it's WOF.
Miss Personality did minecraft on the ipad while we waited in the waiting room for our car to come back.
Mum came up with an idea, and mentioned it to Miss Personality, which she liked.
She creates a world in minecraft called Storyland.
When she finishes reading a book, she creates a icon/ symbol that reminds her of the book she has read, then puts a sign on it saying date, when read, and title of book. So she started this while we were waiting.
Watched some dvd's.
Merry Madagascar
My Little Pony
Made some more bracelets using her rainbow loom.
Finished listening to the audio version of Middle School - My Brother is a Big Fat Liar by James Patterson.
Wednesday 23rd July 2014
I have some lapbooks that I had downloaded back when we lived in a house with lots of access to internet :)
I asked Miss Personality if she would like to do one, she chose Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
So I reserved the book at the local library and also got the dvd's of the 1st and 2nd movie of it.
Miss Personality and I took turns reading a page each from the book, while she was eating her breakfast.
While reading the book, I got out my measuring tape to show her what 15 inches looked like.
Miss Personality struggled with pronouncing a few words from the book.
She likes it when we do a bit of a word test, which is where we read the book, then I go back and ask her if she remembers what this word is, getting her to say it outloud. Re visiting the words she struggled with. She is so proud of herself when she remembers them :)
Miss Personality then went off and did her personal jobs,
When she was finished we watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs dvd.
Miss Personality, while watching the movie, decided to put some coins that were on the table, in order of the year on them.
She also decided to create a picture using coloured pebbles :)
Also using our montessori inspired maths resources, the red beads and little cups, putting them in groups of 20 to work out the total of all the beads.
While eating lunch, Miss Personality did the first activity of the lap book.
Then she chose to watch dvd of High School Musical 2.
Thursday 24th July 2014
Miss Personality added another icon to her world 'Storyland' on minecraft.
Watched dvd of Madagascar while eating breakfast.
She chose to change a theme to one of her worlds on minecraft to a christmas theme, so decided to add snow to everything.
She then made a kitten using her rainbow loom and watching the tutorial on YouTube down load.
She then went and did her personal jobs, had a shower and washed her hair and dried and put away the dishes after that.
Miss Personality did another activity from her lapbook.
Her map had to include a compass rose and a map key.
She did another activity from lapbook about rubbish and recycling.
We talked about where our rubbish goes and what happens to it.
How we can recycle.
In the information she was given, it said the average person made 4 pounds of rubbish a day.
I asked her to use my digital scales and weigh out what 4 pounds would look like using a bowl with water in it.
While eating her lunch, we followed a YouTube tutorial downloaded, to make a evil minion pencil topper, on the rainbow loom.
Then Miss Personality watched a couple of dvd's while doing her minecraft on the ipad.
Barbie and A Christmas Carol
Cat in a Hat.
Friday 25th July 2014
Miss Personality played games on the ipad in bed, cuddles up with mum.
Where's My Perry?
Virtual Villagers
Magical Puzzles
She then had breakfast, and did her personal jobs.
Then mum and Tara followed another YouTube downloaded tutorial and made a snake with our rainbow looms.
Miss Personality went to the dairy and bought us some milk.
She then made another evil minion from memory on the rainbow loom.
Made a cookie on the rainbow loom, with no tutorial.
Watched a dvd while doing minecraft on ipad.
Arthur and The War of 2 Worlds.
Read a book before bed by herself and then dad read one to her before she went to sleep.
Another full on week for Miss Personality, with many opportunities for structured learning and natural learning to take place.
We still have no regrets about choosing home schooling for our daughter, even on those days where Miss Personality and I are sick of each other.
Had an opportunity to share the information that I have learned about home schooling to a family living in a campervan with 2 young children, at the motor camp.
Was really nice to see another adventurous like minded family, doing something different with their children :)
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