So cute!

Couldn't resist.... Mr Timothy learning to 'help' in the kitchen.... such concentration!

Sprung!

It was Melinda that peeled and chopped the carrots.... Timothy found them and decided to see what he could do with them... I'm not going to stop him, though I may need to soon as I need them for cooking dinner - he's been at it 10 minutes so far!! Having a ball :o)

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"Last week it was revealed that the Victorian Education Department has instructed teachers to explicitly teach for the national tests, a cornerstone of the My School website." (Quote from an article in the AGE newspaper)

Oh? The same way I was taught to drive a car? for the test... and then wrote off a car a week later?

I already thought the education system was too heavily geared towards this type of teaching.

I'll keep home educating thank you very much.

To teach my children to live, to question, to love and laugh, to seek; to be entrepreneurial in spirit, to be employable and able to employ.

If they have the ability to pass a test or 10, good on 'em. I will not ever 'teach for tests' - my kids deserve more respect than that, thank you very much! (and yours do too!)

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Our Australia Unit Begins

We started our Australia unit today - kids thought it was a cool start, which is always nice. It's encouraging to see their continued excitement and enthusiasm for learning.

Today we...
-Read and sung the National Anthem... will continue this through the unit so they learn it by heart
-Checked out where Australia is on the globe and coloured it on a map...noting some other countries that are bigger or smaller
-Read the first chapter of A Little Bush Maid

Down the track we'll be visiting Sovereign Hill, going camping in the bush, cooking a couple of Aussie recipes, watching the movie The Man From Snowy River.... all filled out with colouring and craft activities about flora & fauna, the states and capitals... and a bunch of other bits!
I think I'm looking forward to it as much as they are :o)

oh - if you want the National Anthem... the words are here but don't use their music to sing it by (dreadful, like, really dreadful)... we prefer this for music

Feb 7th ~ Sunday at home

As the Sabbath has come to an end, once again, I am really enjoying preparations for the week ahead. I do find that when prepared well, the week goes so much more smoothly - so hoping this week follows suit! I need it to!

I've already finished the dishes, got the dishwasher on and am heading the children to bed.

This evening I will also be
-baking bread
-ironing
-sweeping & mopping
-time plan Monday
-check hubby's clothes for the week ahead
-Set some education goals


It's not housework, it's home making

and I choose to love it.

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