We have had high temperatures, virus's, stomach and sickness bugs and coughs and colds!
Despite all of this, college for B has continued as usual, with just a couple of days off because of a high temperature and persistent cough. D is continually studying, with his first exam in just under two weeks, and has still had time to pick up a medal with his local rugby club after winning a league final (against his old club lol).
J's routine has been tweaked a bit, slowly but surely throwing a bit more structure into the mix, but still focusing on a child led approach to home educating.
The structure part mainly being having some kind of routine during the day, with a learning activity in the morning, stopping for lunch of course, and then activities resuming again between 1 and 3pm.
He has been keen to start to learn to read over the past few months, so each morning we have been going through early reading books and now he is very confident and is rapidly moving through each level.
I have always found it difficult explaining to others, not just to parents of school children but home educators as well, that I feel children should learn to read in their own time and at their own pace. My older two both started to read when they were 8, and now so has J. Have to say though, I am relieved that he has started to read now, but that is mainly because I worry about what other people say more than worrying about J's development in this area.
*Very interesting article here from Psychology today about children teaching themselves to read*
Moving on - we managed to get out on the odd occasion, J to Clip n Climb with other Home Ed families
River walk, while learning about the history of the River Exe and Exeter Canal
Quick tour of the Custom House
Ice cream of course
We also followed the Roman Wall Walk and the Exeter Woollen Trail
Weekend ahead - heatwave, storms and apparently a toxic cloud is heading our way
