Specifically Home Education and not Home Schooling, because we’re not being academic about it
Whether you are a teacher, a home educator or a parent who simply wants to understand your child’s learning, familiarising yourself with the four primary learning styles can make a…Continue Reading →
One of the questions I frequently face now that Ameli is almost 9 and heading speedily out of the learning…
We are halfway through Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK – with World Fairtrade Day being in May – and the…
Continuing our theme “Women Who Did” for this year, our second amazing woman from history is Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter who suffered and survived not only childhood Polio, but…Continue Reading →
“I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”- Frida Kahlo…
Sometimes life collides in several places at the same time, creating a series of thoughts or actions that can change…
Since we’ve been learning about Frida Kahlo, I thought we’d put some geography on the ‘lesson plan’ and learn about Mexico. Frida Kahlo was very proud of her place of…Continue Reading →
The next craft project for our Frida Kahlo learning was to make a bold and colourful beaded necklace from oven…
Supporting our Frida Kahlo learning, we’ve been looking at Mexican folk art. A simple Google of the term brings up…
We’re learning about Frida Kahlo at the moment and two of the things that stands out about Ms. Kahlo are the fact that she was fiercely patriotic and proud of…Continue Reading →