Fireside Stories
I thought I had packed it…. I KNEW I had packed it…. but there we were freshly moved to England and my best laid plans were already going a rye. […]
Tag Archives: Home Education in the UK
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 […]
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 […]
It is wonderfully R.A.D.
It has been a very busy Saturday for us. Joshua has fencing lessons on Saturday a.m. and for a few Saturdays Meg also has extra rehearsal for her ballet exams. […]
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 […]
How deep the Father’s love for us
A week or so ago we had a fellow PHD student, Glenn Packiam, over for supper. He was here in Durham for a few nights and we invited him over […]
My Album Cover, well maybe one day
The rain passed this Sunday afternoon and we decided to get out of the house a little bit. Today was the last day of our car that we rented to […]
Our trip back in time (Part 2)
We continued on our tour of Beamish Museum and found our selves in a school house in the year 1913. I think that this horse in the primary kid’s classroom […]
Try Try Again.
Had a fun but busy day today. We worked on a bit of science during our home school time. We are studying the Plant Kingdom and are attempting a bit […]
Song of Harvest
“Come, ye thankful people, come raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide for our wants to […]
Snowballs and Tall Bread tales
We had a nice visit this week to the Crusty Bun. I’m afraid We’ve been talking a bit too long and I’m keepin’ them from work. But Kate and Lynn […]
Field Trip Friday #9 The Science of Glass
Yesterday was quite the adventure. We had a delicious breakfast of butter milk biscuits and bacon rashers. We then set out with Mr. Ray to the Sunderland National Glass Centre. […]
Enjoyable Night at Lumeire
The city of Durham celebrated the Lumeire Fesival last night. We walked to the city centre with friends and enjoyed the crisp evening of lights. The elephant above was a […]
Field Trip Friday #8 – HMS Trincomalee
Our very sweet friend Mr. Ray came and picked us up for another historical fun filled field trip. He took us over to the sea side town of Hartlepool. […]
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