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Day Four: How Skittles and virtual peer pressure made homeschooling a whole lot easier

Today’s my birthday. Eric and Bear were planning to wake me up with breakfast in bed and a homemade card. They must have got distracted because I didn’t wake up to either. They did ask me if I would make their breakfast, which I guess is near enough. Fortunately, my partner is more thoughtful and brought me a coffee in bed. This was probably to … Continue reading Day Four: How Skittles and virtual peer pressure made homeschooling a whole lot easier

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YouTube, mud and Billy Ray Cyrus: Day Three of homeschooling is a hit

Today’s ‘learning’ was heavily dependent on technology – namely YouTube. I didn’t feel too bad, because I did throw in a couple of activities that involved human interaction. Also, I’ve booked tomorrow off work and will therefore have a full day to dedicate to one-on-one learning. Or maybe I’ll just drink wine in the garden, who knows. If you’re finding it exhausting to find ways … Continue reading YouTube, mud and Billy Ray Cyrus: Day Three of homeschooling is a hit

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Lessons in the graveyard, calls to the cops and other learnings from Day Two of homeschooling

As predicted, Day Two of homeschooling was much more sedate. This was largely due to me being exhausted from Day One. It’s hard work keeping small people fed, watered and amused AND doing ‘grown-up’ work at the same time, as I’m sure parents everywhere are now discovering (once again teachers, I salute you). But education is important, which is why I pulled out all the … Continue reading Lessons in the graveyard, calls to the cops and other learnings from Day Two of homeschooling

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