Autonomously Educating BB

we have 2 very different children, and somedays throw that into sharp relief. Like yesterday really. We all got up late, and both girls started with dr who back episodes – so far so same, but then SB went on to do music theory , and BB got out her dk history explorer cdrom. BB then spent the majority of the day completing the whole thing. At least 4 hours i imagine. The cdrom itself was perfectly pitched for her. bitesize info, all read out, and stickers to collect, pictures to take etc. She worked her way round it very happily and was delighted to get the certificate at the end. Hving finished that she got her pocket microscope and peered at various bits and pieces through it, and shew me. Again all v happily nd pottery, with negligible parental input. i think maybe we should search out the cdroms we had for sb – jump ahead etc – and see if they take bb’s fancy, and see if can pick up others. I was just very impressed at the concentration power and her high happiness at doing these

SB did her music theory and recorder – though we have lost her recorder books so were playing fro the books her grade 1 pieces were in instead. we played blokus together, did some trampolining together and then she made some choc rice crispie cakes. All very happily and more convivial, with chatting and discussing and thinking

just 2 different girls doing home ed in 2 diff ways . we finished with victorian farm and a late bedtime. Another excitement of the day had been the la redoute sale things arriving, and so both girls had new pj’s for bedtime

today was again begun wth dr who, bb started the history again, but then decided to do ‘other things’ involving making a catapult with a stretchy skeleton to catapult fox and badger around the place SB did some of her geog explorer, with BB watching avidly, and then music theory and recorder and some rabbit care. i read to both of them some greek myths and legends – as one of my ‘things’ for new year is to get back nto habit of readng them ‘good’ stories not at bedtime [they still get their bedtime stories] and so nearly finished the usborne book of greek myths. SB v fond of greek myths and read many versions, and BB is also delighted with them. We then read the assyrians return bit of story of the world together and the making of the library at ninevah. SB and I played pictureka, with BB cheering us on, until a full glass of water over all the cards stopped play. am hoping they all dry out ok as completely drenched!

Daddybean has been out in the garden doing a bit of tidying up, and also we took down the majority of the xmas decs [yes, i know, v late!!] to go into hayloft. i got a birthday pressie from BB. SHe had bought it at centerparcs but just couldn’t wait so now the conservatory has another windchime, and v beautiful it is the girls didn’t really enjoy the geology prog with tea, tho i did, and bedtime has occcurred. Must get ready for work tomorrow. a v busy week ahead.