Tuesday 3 March 2015

Write Off Day

Well,  with two disastrous lessons this morning we threw the plans out the window and went for a drive. I am hoping I am not the only home-schooler who does this!

We headed out to the National Park and went for a walk. The kids were reluctant at first, and I think this is part of getting used to this whole home-school thing, but as we headed up the track I noticed Lucy started taking pictures of different plants and birds.

By the end of the walk the children were talking amongst themselves about what they had seen and how they had successfully navigated the stinging nettles (something we don't have back home). I pretended not to be listening but it was so lovely to hear them speaking so nicely to each other and without being aware of it they were learning. How does it get any better than that?

It is amazing the feeling we get when we get back to nature. Everything just melts away and we are reenergised by the experience of being in the open air.

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