I really have to make more effort with this blog!
Our days are so busy just being.....
We've been learning a bit about Armistice Day, as obviously it's been at the forefront of peoples minds and conversations just lately. Lemmy is very interested in all things war. Well he is a boy!
I've requested some information from a family member about my Grandfather's time during the war so that we can do a proper project. I think (hope) Lemmy will engage with it more if it's about someone he can relate to. Of course he never met my Grandfather, but he is aware of who he is.
On Saturday morning Lemmy got up and saw a picture of an Otter on my computer. He wanted to know more about it, and so followed an hour of finding out all about Otters and then Beavers and Mink. I don't know how his brain makes whatever connections it does but this somehow led on to watching videos of volcanoes erupting and learning all about them and in particular pyroclastic flow.
We've done the usual reading and writing practice this weekend, and some colouring too to try and improve his handling of a pen. This is the hardest part of Home Educating. He's really not keen on this element of learning. He really does want to read, but doesn't want to put in the practice. I'm very aware that this child of mine can read far more than he's letting on...
Other things we've been doing - gardening (always lots of that in this household), he's helped cut down the last of the apple trees we've removed. He then made a 'meteor deflector' out of the branches. This was basically a bivouac!
It's hard to remember everything he's probably learned over the last few weeks. He's very inquisitve, and conversations range widely all day - every day!
He's also very proud of the fact that he's now been invested at his Beavers Troop!
