“366 and more things to do “ISBN 0709706855." part two

5^th January 2019

“366 and more things to do “ISBN 0709706855." part two

Due to ill health I have not read for a few days ans now I am back omnto the swing of things. In the book “366 and more things to do “ISBN 0709706855.

over the last few day 2^nd January -5^th January it talks about

1. The festival of snow In Japan, about the festival of Sapporo.
2. The origins of the calendar. That was introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. Calendar mean the first day of every month. Latin in the time of the Romans “Ralendae”, or “Calends”
3. Nougat and other delights It talks about sweet things that are eaten during the festive holidays. It mentions in the book how children around the festive time of the year eat about half a kilo of nougat in Spain.
4. Bird and their beaks pliers and nutcrackers. It talks about birds going “South” for the winter due to cold weather and lack of food. It talks about what can be done to take care of the birds that stay behind to brave the UK winter. It talks about bird feeders and bird houses.

"The New Year Pearls"

“The New Year Pearls”

1^st January 2018 in the book “366 and more things to do “ ISBN 0709706855

It talks about Mistletoe and the history of the plant and the traditions of it based around the festive time of the year and it’s life cycle; calling it “The New Year Pearls”. Wich reminds me of the Ledgend about the Goddess Frigga and her son Balder.

For more information please follow the links below to learn more about Mistletoe.

Mistletoe Information

https://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/history/mistletoe.htm

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants-and-fungi/woodland-wildflowers/mistletoe/

Goddess Frigga Information.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Goddess+Frigga&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=goddess+frigga&sc=6-14&sk=&cvid=1DC25CDA217745B3BEF0CB5A271A7BA2

Balder Information

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Balder&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=balder&sc=8-6&sk=&cvid=2151B0DACC394A2899A2DEF4C0FD1EB5

Happy New Year 2019.

Happy New Year 2019

1^st January 2019 A

Happy New Year this year my aim is to read more epically to my children and one book that I will read is called 366 and more things to know. ISBN 0709706855.

So what I will do is read from it each day and sum up what the information that each day was about. At the end of every month there is a family activity to do with your child I will aim to do this on the last Sunday of each month.

Sundays is my hoe are what we call family day and at the end of every month we look at having a family get together the boys spend time with their grandparents and Sunday with Mum and Dad.

This month activity will fall upon Sunday the 27^th January 2019 and will include

“Taking an impression of an animal track.”

Equipment needed

1. Chalk powder/Plaster of Paris
2. cardboard
3. paper clip
4. water
5. hand trowel
6. hand/shoes brush.

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High frequency words

High frequency words

High frequency words are quite simply those words which

occur most frequently in written material, for example, 

"and", "the", "as" and "it". They are often words that have 

little meaning on their own, but they do contribute a great 

deal to the meaning of a sentence.

You can do this at home by writing the word onto small 

pieces of paper yourself or you can buy the cards pre made 

and also use a “free” on line site and print them out.

I have posted three examples below.

1. www.highfrequencywords.org
2. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-4541-100-high-frequency-words-word-mat
3. https://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/high-frequency-words

Ooctober Break 2018

October Break 2018

Since starting school in September 2018 my son had his first parents evening and is currently on his second level 1 book at school.

What I have found is that despite him being at school a lot of the leaning is still on the parent/guardian to be very involved in the three “R's” at home.

1. 
   
   
   Reading
2. 
   
   
   Writing
3. 
   
   
   arithmetic
   
   

This is why I quest myself and think that may be I should home school and save myslef the time and money it costs to take my son to school every day on public transport.

At the moment I get “free” travel for him until his fifth birthday. I will then have to start paying about £700.00 per term for bus fare and my own on top.

To be continued.

Image BY Miss K L Slomczynski

Back to school

Back to school, most people are thinking about nothing this week than "back to school" and already I have seen "Christmas" stock on the shelves in stores before "Halloween"   Life today seams to be about our next shop our next buy.  Even if it means buying things that we do not really need.  One thing that I am trying to teach my children in to "Eat to live" and not to "Live to eat" and to only buy thing when they really need to and not just because they think they need them or want them.  There is nothing wrong with a little indulgence but I do not want my children to become to commercialized.

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What is on in August 2018.

Over the next couple of weeks their are a number of car shows taking places locally with the Midlands that we will be attending. 

On 12th August their is the Classic Transport Festival hosted by The Mary Ann Evans Hospice.

It is on from 11.00-15.30.

For more information please click on below links.

Facebooks Event Page.

https://www.facebook.com/events/

The Classic Transport Festival

https://www.facebook.com/events/221315378693554/

The Mary Ann Evans Hospice

www.maryannevans.org.uk

Canal and River Trust New Regional Directors 2018

http://www.thefloater.org/the-floater-may-2018/meet-the-new-crt-regional-directors

Summer August 2018

At this moment in time it is the beginning of the summer holidays of 2018. The hot weather has finally broken YES!

WE are looking at arraning Blackberry Picking with the boys this week and I can not wait!

I am also getting my oldest ready for school fpr September 2018. 

We are still going to home school him and see how school goes. If 

we are finding that school dose not suit our way of life then we 

will home school full time.

The first thing that we are to do with him his to create a “memory 

box” that his will have to take into school. This is so that the my 

son and the other children can learn “social interaction skills”, 

“communicational skills” and hopefully be able to find people in 

their class that they may have things in common with. This will 

hopefully enable them to form friendships and also help the teach 

to asses what KS Level my son is at.

We are still working on getting him to write his own name and the 

alphabet, numbers are not really an issue at the moment so I will 

see where he his by January 2019.

I would love to hear of any project that your children may be up to 

over the summer holidays or have been given by their schools.

What are Key Skills (KS?)

The Key Skills Qualification is a frequently required component of 14-20 education in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The aim of Key Skills is to encourage learners to develop and demonstrate their skills as well as learn how to select and apply skills in ways that are appropriate to their particular context.

What are Key Stage levels (KS levels?)

https://www.gov.uk/national-curriculum

Developmental Information

https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/ages-stages/#.W17iCvZFzIU

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Happy Easter 2018 from Callan's Porthole

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