A Jam packed kind of day!

we had a busy morning.
Main lessons were completed .Jasmine wrote more about Columbus' voyages.summer studied Egyptian food and farming and Charlie got on with two more paragraphs for his months of the year block.
My help was mostly required with Gypsie. After completing a page on colour wheels in her main lesson book She did two experiments. The first was making a secondary colour wheel in to a spinner . when spun very fast all seven colours merge and you see them as white.
The second experiment was to create a rainbow using a tub of water with a mirror at a 45° angle half submerged at one end. she shone the torch upon the submerged part of the mirror and we discussed the way that the light reflect at slightly different angles resulting in a rainbow.
Gypsie spent a long time writing up methods and conclusions in her main lesson book and before we knew it it was time for lunch.
once we were all fed and watered the kids all went off in different directions. summer chatted to friends with reborn dolls on line, Gypsie gave Eva a tattoo using a kit she got for Christmas and there was some dancing too. Charlie used the computer briefly and then watched some cartoons.
Jasmine used this time to bake a cake for her cousins birthday tomorrow !

summer then decided that she would make her cousin some shortbread as a birthday gift. After that we headed out for a walk to the shop . we purchased a new magazine that teaches all about the body . The first issue contains the bottom and front of the skull. upon returning home the children got on with some craft kits that id got in the post today from the Baker Ross website. summer made a foam cupcakes purse and Jasmine and Charlie opted for mini owl cushions ! This evening Jas decorated her cousins cake.Im pretty sure little Tegan will love it. xxx

ADVENT DAY ONE

Oh my goodness its December already , just how fast has this year gone?

This mummy was up until 1.30 am re-stringing the Advent calender i made for the children last year, stuffing it with chocolate coins and candy canes and looking on line and in books for a craft or activity for us to do each day.

Well its an improvement on last year when i was actually sewing the stockings on November the 30th . But one year i will be more organised..i will !!!!!

They are only just our of Evas reach , she can just about touch the stockings but cant get to the goodies!

The kids were very excited to comedown to there calender and eager to see what today's little task was. Just so you know there is  a suggested activity for each day but if the kids don't want to do it then that's totally fine, after all Advent is a fun time of preparation.

Today's activity was to bake Advent spiral bread . The way i explain the spiral to the children is that the days are drawing in now as we walk through the winter days and we head towards the winter solstice and Christmas, but we can still light up these dark days with love and caring and gratitude  .

Baked by Summer , candles placed on by Charlie and lit by Gypsie . There was a few tears and arguments over who was doing what but we got there in the end.

Making bread didn't appeal to Jas and nor did eating with us . Everyone else enjoyed there advent lunch .

 
After lunch we headed of out on a walk in search of holly for wreath making .We ended up walking all the way to the harbour .Charlie adores playing on the dunes and in the sinking sand. Was a lovely afternoon and also lovely to get in just before the rain to enjoy some warm hot chocolate .

 

 

xxx