We are rather fastened inside at the moment! After digging up the driveway (quagmire) of last post and now having builders in- scaffolding, piles of insulation, piles of chipped off render, tools, abandoned mugs as well as the general muck! Am not sure the patio can ever be the same again- it might need scrubbing in spring!! Rather means that the garden is out of bounds......but does mean there are interesting things happening out of the window! Anyway we have been doing some indoor projects.
FI has been desparate to move her sewing skills on from the type of project where one merely overlocks around pre-printed/holed felt- yet we have tried simple cross stitch (seemed simple until trying to explain counting cross stitch-as they didn't have the pattern printed on)- so I found this little kit, which, whilst pre-holed felt, involved placing different bits together to 'design' her bag and then blanket stitching around (needed a lot of help and unpicking and re-sorting- but we got there in the end)- and one very proud and happy little girl- especially when Daddy announced that he didn't even know how to do blanket stitch....
We are having a 'science' focus this term- using some kits (strewn!) or suggestion- sparking interest with visual things like the volcano (vinegar + bicarb) and slipping in explanation..... We have put together a 'Weather Station' and have started a notebook log- excellent for measuring skills!!- ohhhh so sneaky- but we are struggling with best placement in the garden- balancing exposure to weather- with the need to traipse across the really muddy area which totally cakes the wellies and then falls off to make the porch a mud hole! We have also looked at the Water Cycle and evaporation and condensation- making clouds in glasses (using ice and boiling water).
Found this lying around......saying it all really- love you too SJ.........
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