She made this entirely by herself, with the aid of our reference books (although she chose all the words herself and worded the descriptions in her own way rather than copying definitions). She is 8. I think this is impressive!
DS decided he would join in. Obviously not with the Roman soldier worksheets I wanted him to do (that would've been far too much like compliance lol!). But instead he did make his own Roman Soldier task/game - so I appreciate the effort :-)
Apparently the instructions are - within a time you set yourself, try and fill all the speech bubbles with facts about Roman soldiers or the Roman army :-)
We then took a drive out to meet up with a new HE group we've joined. It was POURING, and I do mean POURING - and of course the meet up was in a park! Thankfully we managed to de-camp in the onsite cafe/restaurant/pub with some board games and hot chocolates while it passed over a bit (not really, it continued to rain AS MUCH AS EVER!) But kids don't mind do they? So us brave and hardy Mums took shelter under a tree and watched while they had a whale of a time, splashing and chasing about :-)
So nice to meet a bunch of people for the first time and watch them just welcome new kids with open arms, no suspiciousness, no defensiveness, no 'you can't play here', no 'this is OUR park/ MY friend/ OUR game'. I'm not saying the world of Home Ed is perfect, but it is welcoming, it is inclusive. Sadly, we found school wasn't. And it isn't because in Home Ed we are all the same - there's a huge mix of families, parenting styles, religion and atheism and reasons for pursuing Home Education. There is a level of respect and acceptance. A massive decrease in competitiveness and one-up-man-ship, but an increase in self worth. I can't help but get on board with that and sing it's praises while I watch my happier (than they were) children thrive xxx
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