Category Archives: links

among the snowdrops

By Lucy | Published January 30, 2010

more snow… some little bits I’ve been meaning to mention spread among the lovely signs of spring to come

Wayne Dyer’s new program: Excuses Begone! – been enjoying listening to that – he is always so motivational and uplifting.

The Bristol Dyslexia Centre has some interesting stuff on it’s site including some free educational games taken from the [...]

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blog, Illich and broth

By Lucy | Published January 23, 2010

Have finally got the blog how I want it – a terrible tale of databases, installations of wordpress and corrupted (by me) css files ensued but I’ve now uploaded the archives (see drop down on sidebar) and cleaned up dead links too
Reading a book lent by my mum. She found it while scouring her shelves during the [...]

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Halloween quizzes and stories

By admin | Published October 30, 2006

Virtual pumpkin carving - intend doing the real thing today too… and this falling sand game is a bit odd but very ‘moreish’ – just play with it and see!
Halloween quizzes – Easy, Tricky or Fiendish - sent by my sister
       
Kids wrote spooky stories this morning. Both very good. Was especially impressed by [...]

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linkage

By admin | Published March 27, 2006

Good link: Extreme Science
Busy morning so far. We all did an Aerobics Oz Style leg workout – everyone getting better at these. Then Daniel researched Northern Ireland for the postcard exchange book we keep. The family had very kindly sent us two cards – one about Irish writers and one about Lough Neagh, the largest [...]

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mud clock and zooks

By admin | Published February 27, 2006

Had a lovely chat with an old friend of mine today, a fellow home educator who used to live near us. She has written two most interesting websites recently: Bolshy Breastfeeding (**edit in – no longer there but she may have something else exciting coming soon!! ) – a great article on there ‘the [...]

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world vegan day, maths, graves

By admin | Published November 1, 2005

World Vegan Day today. Went for a day out in Aberdeen with my mum and sister. Tried a new cafe for lunch – lots of interesting art on the walls. The museum we intended going to was inexplicitly closed. Got new winter jackets and jumpers for children. Browsed the Third World Shop then went for [...]

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H10

By admin | Published October 18, 2005

Over at my Mums today. Daniel and my Dad had long discussions about WW2 (Dad lived through it as a child in Glasgow), water acidity (H20, H10 etc.) and politics. Taught the children to play Rummy and played several games – that was fun with ‘behind the doors’ added on. I married Homer Simpson this [...]

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