So with you re: balancing the different loads and always needing to drop one when prioritising something else. This term I feel like we've only been managing violin practice and science consistently as deliberate schoolwork (reading and writing happens organically regardless). Space is my eldest's passion right now so everything is linked in with that interest right now.
I meant to say thank you for recommending Roma Agrawal's books, my library didn't have the children's one you looked at but I've just read the two adult books she wrote and they're absolutely fascinating. I see she has a children's version of Built as well so I'm going to have to look for it!
We borrowed How Was That Built? from the library this week and it’s brilliant! Such a great science/engineering writer. I’ll look out for the adult books too.
I am completely there with you about flowing into the right balance between all the different things we do for homeschool over time. In the last 2 weeks we managed a grand total of 2 and a half days of school mornings, the half being my experiment in giving Rosie only tasks that she can perform unsupervised (slow, but effective) whilst I am cooking/cleaning/chasing a toddler around.
It is early winter over here and having friends over for social visits has been taking priority over our studies (and is good for sanity!) but we will balance it out with a few weeks of focused work. I like to think of it like a dance between structured and unstructured forms of learning - too much structure leads to frustration and exhaustion, too much unstructured leads to distraction, but the balance of both keeps everyone happy.
Even in schools with timetables largely set in stone, not everything goes to plan: some children need more help, or children become engrossed and other things have to wait. Hard to manage with different subject specialists for each lesson. I think you’re better off home schooling!
Oh brilliant, thank you, I haven’t come across that one and it looks right up our street. I also have City of Stolen Magic on my list on an India theme, and the various books by Nizrana Farook (set slightly further afield in Sri Lanka).
So with you re: balancing the different loads and always needing to drop one when prioritising something else. This term I feel like we've only been managing violin practice and science consistently as deliberate schoolwork (reading and writing happens organically regardless). Space is my eldest's passion right now so everything is linked in with that interest right now.
I meant to say thank you for recommending Roma Agrawal's books, my library didn't have the children's one you looked at but I've just read the two adult books she wrote and they're absolutely fascinating. I see she has a children's version of Built as well so I'm going to have to look for it!
We borrowed How Was That Built? from the library this week and it’s brilliant! Such a great science/engineering writer. I’ll look out for the adult books too.
I am completely there with you about flowing into the right balance between all the different things we do for homeschool over time. In the last 2 weeks we managed a grand total of 2 and a half days of school mornings, the half being my experiment in giving Rosie only tasks that she can perform unsupervised (slow, but effective) whilst I am cooking/cleaning/chasing a toddler around.
It is early winter over here and having friends over for social visits has been taking priority over our studies (and is good for sanity!) but we will balance it out with a few weeks of focused work. I like to think of it like a dance between structured and unstructured forms of learning - too much structure leads to frustration and exhaustion, too much unstructured leads to distraction, but the balance of both keeps everyone happy.
Even in schools with timetables largely set in stone, not everything goes to plan: some children need more help, or children become engrossed and other things have to wait. Hard to manage with different subject specialists for each lesson. I think you’re better off home schooling!
We just read Nush and the Stolen Emerald which would fit nicely with a light survey of India.
Oh brilliant, thank you, I haven’t come across that one and it looks right up our street. I also have City of Stolen Magic on my list on an India theme, and the various books by Nizrana Farook (set slightly further afield in Sri Lanka).