A bit late with this as we’ve been away on Mull for a week at the beginning of July, so I took a week off blogging. We had great fun playing on the beaches and looking for wildlife, the Puffins were definitely the family favourite!
Here’s what we learnt in June.
Table of Contents
The 6 Year Old
Art and Design
- Creating sand art in bright colours.
- Making a pirate ship.
- Making kites.
- Colouring in spinning tops.
- Drawing pictures in his journal of castles and buildings.
- Drawing chalk train tracks on the path outside.
Science
- Finding and identifying different freshwater insects in a nearby stream with their home ed science group, using the kick sample method.
- Exploring wind power by creating gliders out of two circular strips and a paper straw.
- Creating rockets out of film canisters and alka seltzers.
- Watching how pressure can build up in a small bottle to make it fly up into the air like a rocket.
- Experimenting with different colours in water and how they mix to make new colours.
- Learning about turtle rehabilitation and other sealife at Pula aquarium.
- Learnt how sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous rocks were formed.
- Learning about the different parts of the ocean, including the continental shelf, midnight zone and deep sea trenches.
- Held a giant millipede and cockroach.
- Exploring butterfly world and observing the different life stages of butterflies.
- Experimenting with creating kites to find the best design.
Language
- Reading stories together every day.
- Pointing out what letter words begin with and helping his brother identifying letters.
- Spelling words out and reading known short sight words.
- Writing words with help for spelling in both his journal and every day play.
Maths
- Counting money for buying items on holiday.
- Playing board games together.
History
- Learning about Roman gladiators in Croatia and why they used Pula amphitheatre.
- Learning about Dinosaur footprints and how they came to be in Croatia.
- Visited Craigmillar castle and explored its history.
- Looked at famous modern art from the last century.
- Visited Lancaster Castle and learnt about the history or prisons and some famous occupants.
- Visited Lancaster Maritime Museum and learnt about the history of shipping and the slave trade.
Geography
- Discussed the different types of rock and how they are formed, sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
- Visited Croatia and can now recognise the flag and knows roughly where it is in Europe.
Social Groups
- Met with friends in the woods and had campfires.
- Met friends at Historic Scotland sites and played together.
- Weekly Beavers meetings, including several outdoor trips.
- Weekly home education meet.
- Weekly home education science group, with time to play afterward.
- Weekly drama group.
Sports
- Continuing to enjoy swimming and is improving well, also plenty of swimming on holiday.
- Weekly multi-sports group where they try different skills each week.
- Playing outdoors A LOT!
- Climbing trees and showing ability to hang from branches (no need for a gym here!).
- Attended a session using a ropes course whilst in Croatia.
- Cycling in the area.
The 4 Year Old
Art & Design
- Creating sand art in bright colours.
- Making a pirate ship.
- Making kites.
- Colouring in spinning tops.
- Colouring in pictures.
- Drawing chalk patterns on the playhouse.
Exercise
- Took part in his ballet and tap show, with two dances on stage in front of a large audience.
- Ropes course whilst on holiday in Croatia.
- Weekly gymnastics class.
- Practising cricket.
- Weekly multi-sports class.
- Playing in rivers barefoot, around streams, woodlands and open grassland areas with friends.
- Swimming whilst on holiday and getting use to having his face wet, going under water a little bit.
- Cycling around the local area.
Maths
- Counting easily to 20, working on understanding the numbers thereafter.
- Playing board games.
Reading
- Recognising the capital letter of his name, his brother’s and ‘m’ for mummy.
- Reading daily as a family.
History
- Learning about Roman gladiators in Croatia and why they used Pula amphitheatre.
- Learning about Dinosaur footprints and how they came to be in Croatia.
- Visited Craigmillar castle and explored its history.
- Looked at famous modern art from the last century.
- Visited Lancaster Castle and learnt about the history or prisons and some famous occupants.
- Visited Lancaster Maritime Museum and learnt about the history of shipping and the slave trade.
Science
- Finding and identifying different freshwater insects in a nearby stream with their home ed science group, using the kick sample method.
- Exploring wind power by creating gliders out of two circular strips and a paper straw.
- Creating rockets out of film canisters and alka seltzers.
- Watching how pressure can build up in a small bottle to make it fly up into the air like a rocket.
- Experimenting with different colours in water and how they mix to make new colours.
- Learning about turtle rehabilitation.
- Learnt how sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous rocks were formed.
- Learning about the different parts of the ocean, including the continental shelf, midnight zone and deep sea trenches.
- Held a cockroach.
- Exploring butterfly world and observing the different life stages of butterflies.
Social Groups
- Met with friends in the woods and had campfires.
- Met friends at Historic Scotland sites and played together.
- Weekly home education meet.
- Weekly home education science group, with time to play afterward
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