Friday...hmm, the habit slipped a little there! Started with Mad Science where they were testing acids and bases with litmus paper, something we have done several times before and somehow, although she loves science, it never seems to stick in her brain. Maybe this time! Also used the reaction between bicarb and vinegar to blow up a balloon. That was fun!
Afterwards I dropped Hannah at Hawkwood and left her there for the afternoon. She complained about having to go there, saying there is nothing to do (precisely why I like it...there is so much space for them to do "nothing" in), so I sent her with a book, sketchpad and pens. Of course as we get into a more active growing part of the year, there will be more she can do in terms of actual work, which she did in the end. She and L got so enthusiastic about harvesting salad that they ended up with 6 extra bags and got to bring some home...yummy!
On Saturday some friends came to lunch. Hannah and M were really good friends in toddlerhood and until they were about 4.5/5ish but a combination of work and life circumstances meant we haven't seen much of them for a couple of years. It has been lovely to spend so much more time with them lately (M's mum is a good friend of mine too). We also walked a lot, well I did. An hour out with the dog in the morning and again in the late afternooon.
Today I really thought about how much having the dog has disrupted the rhythm of our home ed life and tried to help Hannah back into the habit of working. when we first got her, I knew Hannah would be so excited it would be futile to try to do too much in the way of sitting at a table with workbooks and after all, she wants to be a vet; learning to care for the dog is important too. And it was almost Christmas so there were cards and presents to make, special food to make, cake to make and ice and before we knew it It was January and we had got completely away from the time table we had worked from so well and the pattern of our week had changed with L only coming on Mondays and us going to the Hackney home ed group on Tuesdays. I do like the group but I am not planning on going every week simply because, despite popular beief, we are so rarely at home and I think she does need more time to work on her projects. We haven't looked at her new chemistry sets yet, nor the electronics kit more than once. She hasdn;t touched her recorder for months and the French ahs rather gone by the wayside. So at least some Tuesdays will just have to be for staying home and cracking on with that sort of thing.
Today turned out to be a good day for getting on. We did go out..for my sister in law's birthday, but only quite late so we had several hours free for working. I think it had been so long since we did any maths that Hannah had forgotten she likes it. But she did some good work today in a couple of different books, then made a card for her Auntie and we baked cookies.
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