Strawberry Fields Forever!

With friends, we ventured up to Strawberry Fields in Palmview



The strawberries were plump and juicy



As soon as we got to the open fields
the kids rocketed off to find their own juicy treasures









Such a full day, ending it at Kings Beach



There was jam making and strawberry sneaking to be done
Looking forward to finding another field to explore next month!

The Circulatory Sytem: Working on the Heart

We had such a wonderful lesson today on the heart
One that I have been looking forward to since ordering my whole lamb
We were given organs as well
Makes for a more exciting lesson id say!



Ellie explaining to me what she knows about the heart.... blood flowing right around her chest
and making her eyes feel better!



No tongs or gloves here, its all hands on!



Sarah wasn't too keen on getting hands on but we talked her into it
They were pretty grossed out by it all but in the end wanted to get as much out of the experience



Sticking fingers in valves



And working on learning about the blood



And naming all the parts of the heart while listening to one
of our fav bands

We found the Human Body work book the most useful for this lesson
We also used the incredible human body flip chart
Science essential 1
as well as The Human Body Coloring in Book

After all the poking and prodding mumma cooked up the heart,
the kids got to try a bit of it and the chooks ate the rest up!

Tomorrow we are working on the tongue and kidneys!

Bonsai!

Taking on teaching my girls Japanese
has become a great challenge
so its been nice to have some fun with the learning





After attending a workshop at the library
We sourced our plants from the local nursery
Stumbling across a farm with friendly owners
We got to come back later in the day for calf feeding
The girls are eagerly awaiting Sept when a calf is due to be born
We bought some pots to paint as well
and borrowed a book on how to from the library





After watching the workshop and gaining some confidence
we trimmed, wired and sculpted
making sure the girls didn't cut too much off





Trimmed the roots to fit into a small pot and wired that down





We all had lots of fun decorating
and it was such a peaceful and relaxing activity





Now the challenge is to keep them alive
The sensai said if you let them dry out you have lost them
so Ellie is in charge of making sure we water them

Science and Singstar

We love getting together with our home schooling friends
Its such a pleasure to share this journey we are on with like minded beautiful people
We traveled to Bianca's house with science experiments in hand
letting the girls get their play done before we sat down to learn




Milk science

Balloon blowing with gases from yeast

Tea bag rockets

Soda and candy eruption
























When all the work is finished we ended our day with Singstar
Trying to work out who sung the best
Bianca or her daughter Kylah
What voices!

Secret Cove

Last month my brother and I flew down to Anna Bay
to visit my father and step mum, Mummy K.
While we were there we visited "OUR SECRET COVE"





It was a long walk to it,
and while Daddy and Ryan went over on to the rocky cliffs,
Mummy K and I cleaned up the beach and looked at the shells.





I think I stood on at least 500 snails.
I am very sorry snails!





I loved "THE SECRET COVE" and my trip to Anna Bay.





Love Sarah.

Revision

We have been swallowed up in revision since taking our grade 7er out of school.
Starting way back in grade 4 maths work.
We have been using the usual text books that the schools use
just so we can go over everything that she has learnt
and hopefully find things that she has missed or had problems with.

How many kids get to brush up on their skills in school?

I was faced with the question of why am i holding her back?



I'm helping her grow more strongly.
Instead of forcing her to trudge along through her grade 7 work
struggling because her foundation is not complete,
we are taking a more relaxed but thorough stance
building confidence and self esteem along the way.

And if by the end of this year, we have only just started to work on grade 7 work
there won't be any feelings of being left behind
but strength that what comes next can be concurred as she will have all the tools necessary
to keep moving forward.

While this revision is going on,



we are working on compassion and understanding.



Embracing the child within and letting her dance!