Field Trip Friday #20
This Friday we decided to do a bit of a local history trip so we headed over to the DLI Museum. DLI stands for Durham Light Infantry. The Durham Light […]
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Easter Animals
During our trip back to trip to the Beamish Museum last Friday we saw some beautiful signs of spring that we would like to share with you. This little […]
Fabulous Field Trip Friday #19 con’t
There were so many things now opened at Beamish that we hadn’t yet seen. It may take me a week to tell you about everything we did. One […]
Oh what a Fabulous Field Trip Friday! #19
Mr. Ray picked us up this morning and we headed back to Beamish today. Tickets to Beamish are valid for one year so we plan to go as much as […]
Newcastle Upon Tyne – Part 2
Before we reached the castle our friend took us by a fantastic private library. “The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) is the largest independent library outside London, housing […]
The “Old” Newcastle – Newcastle Upon Tyne Field Trip Friday#18
Today we ventured out via bus to our neighbouring city, Newcastle. A friend that volunteers with us at the Cathedral wanted to show us around Newcastle. We had really wanted […]
Monday Morning
It is a bit of a foggy, grey day. Possibly more typical English weather than we have had most of the winter. This was my view out the window this […]
Field Trip Friday # 17
Friday was a cold but sunny lovely day. Mr. Ray suggested that we drive up to a village called Blanchland. The Abbey and surrounding village of Blanchland was founded by […]
100 Days
100 Days! What could you do with 100 Days? We are in unbelief how fast our time here is moving. What should we do with our next 100 days? We […]
Field Trip Friday #15
It was a wonderful day full of adventures with friends new and old. We decided to have a “close to home” field trip today as some new home school friends […]
Weekend Happenings
This past weekend was non stop as we had some errands to run and places the kids need to be. Our first stop was to Rusty’s Barbershop to see our […]
Field Trip Friday #14 Part Two
After our visit to Hylton Castle we made a stop on our way home at Penshaw Monument. Mr. Ray suggested that the bairns (kids) might enjoy climbing to the top. He […]
Field Trip Friday # 14 “Is Anyone Home?”
Yesterday we bid goodbye to February in the most amazing way, real spring like temperatures. Our tour guide, history teacher, Mr. Ray picked us up and we headed off on […]
The adventures of Lego men
As part of our homeschooling (and life in Britain), the kids entered the BBC’s 500 Words 2014 Essay Contest. The contest is for kids 13 and under. All submissions […]
The Secret Life Of Zoe- A BBC 500 Words 2014 Essay Contest Submission
As part of our homeschooling (and life in Britain), the kids entered the BBC’s 500 Words 2014 Essay Contest. The contest is for kids 13 and under. All submissions […]
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Robot Fight!
As you may have guessed from the title, 1 I was at a robot fight, 2 It was on Sunday. Technically, it’s was a robot war. Not a fight. Anyway, […]
Larger than Life
Yesterday Meg and I had bit of fun together. She took our camera to the Lego table and gathered some great shots. We had fun pretending, through the camera’s eye, […]
Field Trip Friday err Tuesday # 13
Today we decided to take our weekly field trip a bit early in the week. There was something on we wanted to see. Mr. Ray offered to drive us up […]
Super Fab Science Lab
During our Home Education adventure this year we have been incorporating Life Science for both children. It has been fun as we classify many of the plants and animals […]
Thieves, Knights and Farmers Oh My
We had a couple of sweet friends over tonight for dinner and games. We received a game for Christmas called “Carcassonne”. It is a strategy game like risk but […]
Serfs Up?
One of the things we really love about our school in the states and the classical approach to education is the study of world history in a chronological fashion. Our […]
Inside the Stories
Our family loves books. We are a family of readers. Case in point, Joshua earned a bit of money. The next day he spent nearly the total amount on two […]
Bryophyta Hunt
Before this life that I have taken on this year I was a teacher. So this year is not too terribly different. I am a teacher, home educating my children […]
Hadrian’s Wall
Before moving to northeast England I had heard of the famous emperor Hadrian. I also knew that he had ordered a very lengthy wall built but that was about the […]
A Thousand Tongues
I was overjoyed when we found a Methodist church home here in England. I knew they would sing some good ol’ Charles Wesley hymns. Imagine my surprise when I first […]
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