The Plan:8:00-9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work; put in load of laundry etc9:00-10:00 Beth: English – reading Daryl’s Dinner; digraphs – vowel worksheets ?Katy: magnetic letters and alphabet flashcards; drawing in scrapbook; puzzles; Playschool … Continue reading →

A serious slack-arse for the last few weeks! Fighting with Beth to get some work done is so draining that it seems I take any opportunity to fall in a heap. Last week basically proved that if I want to … Continue reading →

The Plan:8:00-9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work9:00-10:00 Beth: English – reading; comprehension sheet; spelling words; ChicktionaryKaty: drawing/colouring in, pattern blocks10:00-11:00 Beth: Maths – watch next lesson on my laptop, do workbook page/s + some … Continue reading →

The Plan:8:00-9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work9:00-10:00 Beth: English –Katy: drawing/colouring in, pattern blocks, Playschool (9:30)10:00-11:00 Beth: Maths – watch next lesson, do workbook page/s + some revisionKaty: rice basket, blocks, puzzlesMe: pack lunch … Continue reading →

The Plan8:00-9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work; put in load of laundry etcBeth: played maths boardgame she invented (with dominoes)Katy: played with magnetic letters and alphabet flashcards; drawing in scrapbook9:00-10:00 Beth: English – reading; … Continue reading →

Revision of the basics from last time: Gave her a quick revision test: (+ 3 4), (- 7 5), (* 5 2) and so on. No problem, apart from needing clarification that (- 7 5) is the same as 7-5, … Continue reading →

The Plan:8:00 -9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work; put in load of laundry etc9:00 -10:00 pootled; listened to a Classics for Kids web radio show on the William Tell Overture10:00-12:00 Beth: reading, composition/copywork – … Continue reading →

Introduced B to the basics of the programming language LISP (or Lisp, as the young whipper-snappers call it). LISP has two main advantages over other programming languages: its syntax is much simpler, and it doesn’t have any expressive limits. B. … Continue reading →

The Plan:8:00-9:00 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work etc9:00-10:15 Beth – English: reading (finish book), comprehension sheet, -ch, -th, -sh word find etc [Beth dashed off the comprehension sheet far more quickly and easily than … Continue reading →

The Plan: [what we did in blue]7:45- 8:45 shower, dress, feed the inmates, get them dressed, lay out work etc8:45-9:45 Beth – English: reading [1/2 of Bear in Town], composition/copywork [wrote a thank you note to MG then copied it … Continue reading →