She’s mainly doing science at the moment (we tend to alternate science & history), when she’s in a history mood again I was going to suggest taking a break from SOTW (we’re only half way through book 2) & doing some British history, not sure what I’ll use for that – want something slightly more interesting than Tudors-Industrial Revolution-Victorians-WW2.

Jasper LOVES the pre-academic Kumon books – colouring, cutting, tracing, mazes, letters, numbers he’s also got the very first ETC (it has a fish on the front so he wanted it ) & Singapore EB maths (I have a feeling he will be a start at the front finish the book type child unlike his sister). We use the Jolly Phonics finger phonics with him – it is a form of cued articulation that helps his verbal dyspraxia – he loves letters & is a bit obsessed with alphablocks & starfall. We have lots of really good iphone apps for him, I’d love to get him an ipad He loves books that have any rhythm to them (Brown Bear Brown Bear etc), really helps with his pronunciation/memory/sequencing (especially since he still hates singing which is the typical way that children devlop those early skills).

Nellie pours, posts & scribbles

Blimey it’s been ages since I’ve gone all orgo-planny – it is quite fun!