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Tag Archives: education
Vegan Is Love
The beautiful new book by Ruby Roth added to our vegetarian themed kids books page Related posts:Loch Muickpasta, beloved, postcards, booksreading, painting
days of yore
A home ed trip as in bygone days Much hilarity ensued throughout… 2007 trip comparison links: The Findhorn Foundation and Pluscarden Abbey Related posts:hedgehog and chocolate crispies 
very windybits and bobs of education
Posted in art, friends, home educational bits, trips
Also tagged friendship, memories, Scotland
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Chessmen and Star Wars shoes
Visited the Lewis Chessmen at Aberdeen Art Gallery (other Scottish tour dates) – they are beautiful though I really can’t see Jabba the Hut wearing the green basketball boots that have been named for him… Related posts:let there be lighta solemn phantom, draped and hooded…new designs in shop
Posted in ancient stones, art, films, friends, home educational bits, odd, only pics, trips
Also tagged history
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Millennium
I love it when I have a book that I’m enjoying so much I resent all other activities that take me away from it . Things like housework, cooking, sleeping… ugh… website work, long walks and lovely trips out with friends are still good I did/do/will manipulate any conversation to a discussion about the books in [...]
Autumn colours and education paradigms
Below, a beautifully animated talk by Ken Robinson: Related posts:first ever blog postguinea pigs, gardens, castle, stonesfavourite things
learn premium
This is a site we used quite a bit back at the more curriculified beginning of home education – a quick blog search reveals the first mention of it almost exactly 5 years ago! From the Guardian, it covers the whole national curriculum, primary and secondary and does have some really interesting bits and ways [...]
Posted in home educational bits, resources
Also tagged drama, history, numbers, reading, science
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The Artist’s Way and a giveaway!
Reading The Artist’s Way just now (after hearing about it on making it up), faithfully doing my morning pages, 3 pages of early morning scrawlings, uncensored beautiful brain drain, and recovering my creativity, dealing with my blurts of negativity and realising where they originated… very powerful stuff :) I have experienced these sorts of connections through art [...]
Medieval Madness
A Medieval event at Archaeolink with the Historic Saltire Society. The Smith was full of information, showing us the melting down of various rocks to extract and mix the metals. Related posts:Harry Potter, books and beans new year 2006deer
sea, river, Balvenie, vikings
Had a wonderful afternoon with friends, sea swimming and boogie boarding – walking over dunes beforehand. Then another busy day yesterday at a home ed group viking re-enactment workshop (associated with the Dufftown Heritage Festival this weekend), also visiting Balvenie Castle and Banff Museum (which is exactly as I remember it as a child, slightly disturbing). Saw some [...]
Posted in ancient stones, beach, friends, home educational bits, trips, vegan products
Also tagged castle, friendship, history, memories, Scotland, swimming
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Peregrines
Wonderful place this, great home ed group event there a few more pics in our home education set on flickr and a short video of the squirrels below, much topical talking in background… Related posts:repressionbeach funa mouse and relaxation
Posted in films, friends, home educational bits, trips, woods
Also tagged friendship, science, Scotland, trees, views, wildlife
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