Here we are at week four, the last week of the Not Back To School Blog Hop. I hope you've enjoyed all of the sharing between all of the blogs that participated.
Don't forget to leave a comment on the blog posts you do read to say thanks to the homeschoolers that gave you a glimpse inside their lives.
This week it's Learning Spaces, this is a tricky one for me and I'm guessing for most homeschoolers as I can easily show you a room but in reality we truly do use our entire house, and the houses of our co-op families, it just depends on what it is we are doing.
The space where a large portion of our resources and where are desks and computers are situated is shown in the images below. Our dining table also gets a good work out for a large portion of our sit down type activities.
However this past week some of it was here, as we were away on our homeschool camp
And here, due to a huge weather system we experienced in Queensland
It really is a very rare week where we spend our entire time in the rooms in the collage above. That's the beauty of homeschooling, we are never stuck behind a desk!
Thank you for joining myself and Chareen, at Every Bed Of Roses for this year's Not Back To School Blog Hop.
Happy Homeschooling
Kylie x
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Portable Art Supply Box
We enjoy our art and crafty activities and have accumulated a nice little supply of various items.
I have noticed over the past few months that our art has progressed, we are no longer in that little kid zone, with all of its delightfully fun messiness!
However, every time we want to draw or work on an art project we have to go hunting for all of the supplies. Most often they are all fairly close to each other but at other times they aren't.
I really wanted to remedy that issue so that art became an enjoyable part of our day, not one where we couldn't find the supplies we needed because they weren't put back where they should've been.
Introducing our new Art Supply Caddy, isn't she grand! I had first gone to find a fisher men's tackle box but after realising that the only ones that would suit what I wanted were going to cost me well over $100 I quickly let go of that idea.
This is actually sold as a sewing supply box and I found it in Lincraft, they have a smaller version and I did spend a bit of time contemplating. Now that it is full I'm so glad I grabbed the bigger one.
This is completely portable, with a handle, it also has three layers with the top able to be used independently from the bottom two.
Down in the bottom, the main deeper area we have our paints, spare oil pastels, chalk pastels and palettes.
On top of that sits a tray, which has a handle for easy lifting in and out. Here we have our paint brushes and pens, glitter pens, gel pens, paint brush markers and various other coloured markers.
As you can see in this image there are also large white pull up handles so we can carry this part of the box around if someone else is using the next layer.
The top of caddy is clear, has carry a handle to pick the entire container up and houses two separate, snap lock sides. This one we keep pencils, coloured, water colour pencils and our paper stubs. The whole top piece then also snap locks on the caddy itself.
Across on the other side of the top compartment are sketch pencils, charcoal pencils, erasers, sharpeners and our 'in use' oil pastels.
One the best things I love about this tub is that it is so simple to take our art away with us. Whenever we go away, even for just a weekend I always take art supplies, now all I need to do is grab our caddy and visual art diary's and we're off!
Happy Homeschooling
Kylie x
P.S I purchased this item and was not compensated in any way, just sharing something that I love :-)
I have noticed over the past few months that our art has progressed, we are no longer in that little kid zone, with all of its delightfully fun messiness!
However, every time we want to draw or work on an art project we have to go hunting for all of the supplies. Most often they are all fairly close to each other but at other times they aren't.
I really wanted to remedy that issue so that art became an enjoyable part of our day, not one where we couldn't find the supplies we needed because they weren't put back where they should've been.
Introducing our new Art Supply Caddy, isn't she grand! I had first gone to find a fisher men's tackle box but after realising that the only ones that would suit what I wanted were going to cost me well over $100 I quickly let go of that idea.
This is actually sold as a sewing supply box and I found it in Lincraft, they have a smaller version and I did spend a bit of time contemplating. Now that it is full I'm so glad I grabbed the bigger one.
This is completely portable, with a handle, it also has three layers with the top able to be used independently from the bottom two.
Down in the bottom, the main deeper area we have our paints, spare oil pastels, chalk pastels and palettes.
On top of that sits a tray, which has a handle for easy lifting in and out. Here we have our paint brushes and pens, glitter pens, gel pens, paint brush markers and various other coloured markers.
As you can see in this image there are also large white pull up handles so we can carry this part of the box around if someone else is using the next layer.
The top of caddy is clear, has carry a handle to pick the entire container up and houses two separate, snap lock sides. This one we keep pencils, coloured, water colour pencils and our paper stubs. The whole top piece then also snap locks on the caddy itself.
Across on the other side of the top compartment are sketch pencils, charcoal pencils, erasers, sharpeners and our 'in use' oil pastels.
One the best things I love about this tub is that it is so simple to take our art away with us. Whenever we go away, even for just a weekend I always take art supplies, now all I need to do is grab our caddy and visual art diary's and we're off!
Happy Homeschooling
Kylie x
P.S I purchased this item and was not compensated in any way, just sharing something that I love :-)
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Friday, February 13, 2015
A Day In Our Life ~ NBTS February 2015
It's week 3 of the Not back To School Blog Hop, co hosted by yours truly and Chareen over at Every Bed of Roses.
This week it's time be a fly on the wall and join us for a 'Day In Our Lives'.
Hope you can join in with the fun too, I'd love to come spend a homeschool day with you.
6:30am ~ I'm up, tea in hand, checking emails and the like
House is ever so quiet
7:45am ~ Time for another tea
Have last minute work to do for camp coming up next week
I'm a tad a nervous given I've organised this camp for 50+ kids and their families!
House is still quiet aahhh so nice
8:00am ~ The boys are up
A spot of quiet screen time for them
8:45am ~ All kids are on a group minecraft session.
I really should get them going for the day but feeling a little unmotivated
8:55am ~ mmmm Thinking I should probably have a quick shower
9:10am ~ That's better
Breakfast is in action
Love my fresh juice
9:15 am ~ My baby climbs onto my lap for mummy cuddles
Enjoy enjoy enjoy, never know when it will be the last time he does this
9:20am ~ Put on a small load of washing
Fresh juice for the kids
Same ingredients as mine, just a couple more apples to sweeten
9:40am ~ Table Time!
Reading aloud
Sketching
Poetry
Days of the week
Admiring last weeks sketches
Discussion about the rest of the day
Begging for more story time
10:30am ~ History
Making A start on our journey through The Renaissance
11:00am ~ Skwirk
Science and SOSE
Everyone busy
I, bring in washing,
Hang out washing
Tidy kitchen
In between 'mum calls'
11:30am ~ Math Prodigy (prodigy game)
12:00pm ~ Lunch Break
12:30pm ~ Bath & hair wash for the child with the broken arm
DS 13 read library books to DS 6
1:00pm ~ Quiet reading in bedrooms
2:00pm ~ I spent a little more time doing some co-op planning
Enjoy enjoy enjoy, never know when it will be the last time he does this
9:20am ~ Put on a small load of washing
Fresh juice for the kids
Same ingredients as mine, just a couple more apples to sweeten
9:40am ~ Table Time!
Reading aloud
Sketching
Poetry
Days of the week
Admiring last weeks sketches
Discussion about the rest of the day
Begging for more story time
10:30am ~ History
Making A start on our journey through The Renaissance
11:00am ~ Skwirk
Science and SOSE
Everyone busy
I, bring in washing,
Hang out washing
Tidy kitchen
In between 'mum calls'
11:30am ~ Math Prodigy (prodigy game)
12:00pm ~ Lunch Break
12:30pm ~ Bath & hair wash for the child with the broken arm
DS 13 read library books to DS 6
1:00pm ~ Quiet reading in bedrooms
2:00pm ~ I spent a little more time doing some co-op planning
Other two kids are showering and washing hair
We are heading out tonight to have dinner with some homeschool friends
3:00pm ~ Making Valentines
More Prodigy Math
We are heading out tonight to have dinner with some homeschool friends
3:00pm ~ Making Valentines
More Prodigy Math
Today was very laid back and relaxed, none of us were really all that into it but still a fairly productive none the less.
And that is where I am going to leave you. I'm shooing my kids outside and I'm off to get myself organised before we head out.
I can't wait to see all the link ups for this week. Fly on the wall posts are totally fun! We all want a glimpse of how others run their days. So be sure to link and read all of the posts this week :-)
Happy Homeschooling,
Kylie x
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