Grandad’s party
Lots of songs about love and cuddles with me and Eve! Khan Academy JS programming Playing in garden with cousins at Grandad's house Engaged in imaginary play with cousins and even fitted into their game π Lovely writing creating number codes Read My gym teacher is an...
What a lot of reading!
We got up this morning and as soon as we went downstairs Toby started reading and he didn't stop until about 1pm! We have ordered the 65 storey treehouse from Amazon. These books are a good example of books that Toby really enjoys (he laughs a lot and reads bits out...
Library and park
Ted ed Imaginary game - planting seeds that had different yields and took different numbers of days to grow to produce more seeds. Toby said he understood about this from Sim City Went through picture book with all the different fairy tales and reusable stickers with...
Relaxing!
Chemcrafter - he chose to do this for his morning iPad π Read Sir Cumference and the knights of the 1st round table book that arrived from Amazon today - another 2nd hand success! Made a geometric shape picture in the style of Kandinsky! Really impressed by this - he...
Last day in Norfolk
30 mins watching logic gates and cpu lessons. Talked about registers ALU, RAM, FSB and binary. Ted ed lessons Enigma machine - reading and demonstrating it to Auntie Maggy Beaker app Chemcrafter Swimming - lots of lengths with float and practising going under the...
Dinosaur adventure park
Read Mr brother is a superhero Watched Ted Ed lessons - why do we hiccup, what is a vector, what would happen if everyone jumped together Beaker app Patterns app Dinosaur adventure park - lots of climbing, assault course, learning about dinosaurs, walking, going on a...
Science festival
We went to Norfolk today to visit Auntie Maggy, Auntie Linda, Jasmine and Luke. Stuffity stuff Read Magic of maths Read My brother is a superhero Read aloud Spanish life book Toby very happy that the car park had negative numbers for the underground levels. Also...
Eve drew a girl
Trampolining - wasn't keen but he managed to go and did great moves and coped well Imaginary play Unity to create the game that Toby came up with 2 nights ago - red vs blue. Watched a tutorial but wanted to do his own thing. Created an archway. Piano practise...
Day with Nannie π
Read Magic of Maths Wrote down joined up numbers Did large sums! Read the sheet with names of large numbers again Played some piano and then helped Nannie play piano and was very encouraging Played Beaker app - got excited about reactions! Did elements app where...
A maths kind of day!
Read 'My brother is a superhero' Read poems - Ning nang nong π Created an exercise game called 'threes' Discussed children in need of food and why some people are hungry in the world. Used UN world hunger app to give a girl meals Beaker app - describing the...
Circuits are fun!
Times tables and trying to make the prime numbers of the numbers in a time tables grid Geomag Doctors for Eve - social, behaviour v good. Sat well in waiting room and answered doctors questions well. Writing more on story in notes while in the doctor's room Playground...
Running!
Mastermind Imaginary play Ted ed lessons - How to make magnetic slime, what happens when we age Playground Baby ballet - wrote start of story in notes about gates to parallel universes Running around skate park for ages! This was very positive because Toby wasn't keen...
Maths and Science day!
Made up a points system using huge numbers - we printed off the names of numbers with lots of zeros Beaker app and did a scientific method write up Word square game where you have muddled up letters and have to rearrange them so all rows and columns are words Ted ed...
Marvellous Monday!
Today was amazing day filled with lots of learning and fun! Again I just have a huge list! Read See Inside Maths to Eve while in bed π Blocks - building towers and making patterns Piano - practising for lesson without me prompting him to! Watched Periodic table...
Family afternoon
Toby had a few tricky moments today - he was quick to get emotional about things but he also did some fantastic things! As soon as he woke up he read all of Go Figure! By Johnny Ball. This is such a fantastic maths book, definitely recommend, we discussed some of the...
Eve’s party
It was Eve's party today. Here were the things Toby did today: Sorting and sets book - came up with ideas, read to Eve Lots of k'nex Playing with older cousin Luke - really great imaginary play π Geogebra Toca blocks Go Figure! Reading about shapes to start with but...
Royal chair
Both helped me unpack shopping Notion Piano - lots including practicing his homework! Geogebra Imaginary play - royal chair with Eve Nab it! word game Piano K'nex Wrote rules down for me earning homework points by playing pivot Read Chemistry book Lots of...
Fantastic piano lesson
I need to start writing these posts are more than just bullet points at some point! The main things today were that Toby ate peanut butter again for lunch and had a brilliant piano lesson after practising today. Chris and I discussed that Toby has become very...
Eve’s birthday
First thing this morning, we opened Eve's presents π Logic gates - reading all about them, print out from Surrey uni then drawing his own. Making input/output operation drawings - showing plus gate and minus gate! In style of logic gates Watched video in app about...
Peanut butter!
Drawing and discussing chemical bonds - starting describing a game about them Writing out a code and then asking me to write our names in it Toby and Eve played imaginary play for ages - fantastic to watch! Toby read chemical chaos book Couple of word puzzles in...
Home educating
This is our first day of official home educating! We had a great day and fitted a lot in. I was keeping a list of all the activities today, here's the list with a few extra details. In future I'll try to work on making it more interesting π Toby was trying to explain...
Love chain
For a long time Toby has talked about the love chain, this is an ordered list of the people Toby loves. Toby really cares about his new teaching assistant, Miss Treacy. We were discussing where she was on the love chain. Toby said that Mummy was first on the love...
Baby ballet WednesdayΒ
Toby was off school today so we got ready in a very relaxed way! Toby and Eve were playing beautifully together with a box full of different counters. We walked to baby ballet, Toby sat with me reading, playing cards and copying the moves occasionally. He was very...
Catch up!
I haven't written a post for a while, I think because each day is more similar when back in the school routine. We tend to rush about to get Toby to school for 8.30am then Eve and I play, tidy or other jobs then pick Toby up at 2pm. We then go to the playground until...
Visiting Billy
When we arrived at Billy and Leanne's today, Toby had been very happy and good in the car but as soon as we got in he was oblivious to the requirements upon entering someone's house. In future we need to prepare him beforehand about saying polite things and only going...
Rainy Friday
While Toby was at school till 2pm, Eve and I did lots of jobs in the house - tidying, clearing and organising. We also did play doh! Toby had a bit of a harder day at school - laid on the floor a couple of times. Toby had another 5 school books to read which we did as...
First piano lesson
Toby was at school till 2pm again and we had a meeting at his school in the morning - it was really positive π Eve did well and only got fed up right at the end of the meeting - she was doing blocks and puzzles. Back at home Eve did painting and play doh. Toby got a...
It was a Toby at school till 2pm and Eve at preschool till 12.45. It was the first day that I have stayed outside the whole time - they said she did well but she said she felt a bit sad π Not many photos today. Eve did some nice painting before we had to get Toby....
Hot, hot, hot!
Eve and I did a bit of shopping in Romford then went to Kidspace. It was brilliant! She had a great time and made friends with a little boy - so cute! Toby finished at 2pm again and we popped to the playground but it was super hot and so we didn't stay long! Toby was...
Another good day!
Eve and I went to the playground after dropping Toby off. She is getting so confident! We made play doh person! Toby went to school till 2pm again today and had a good day again - woohoo! We went to the playground after school. After school we played Geomag. Toby and...
Bounce!
We started off the day bright and early at Jump Evolution additional needs session - we all had a brill time π Toby got boffed on the head by a dodgeball and it made him a bit fast and wiggly but after a talk, drink and snack, he went back on the trampolines! Here's...
Family afternoon π
We started the day with Eve starting back at baby ballet after the summer break. She went up into the 3-4 year old group. She did really well and had a fab time! Toby read books in the car with Daddy while Eve and I were in the class. After a few jobs, we did lots of...
End of first week!
Toby had a great day at school today - woohoo! Eve should have been going to preschool today but she has had an allergic reaction to something (we need to figure out what!) and come out in hives - poor Eve. We went to doctors then to the playground. After...
Busy day!
Same as yesterday, Toby was at school until 2pm and Eve at preschool until 12.45pm. I only stayed with Eve for the first hour today and then left her to it for the rest π After we picked Toby up (he had a good day - wooo!), we went to the playground followed by the...
Eve started preschool
Today Toby was at school until 2pm and Eve started preschool at St Thomas. I stayed with her for most of time - she'll do till 12.45 Wed, Thurs and Fri. She had a great time and looks like she will settle really well - it was lovely watching her play and get involved...
School day!
First day back at school today so less to write about! Sadly Toby fell over on the way to school and got injured π but he was v brave! He had a really good day at school - he sat through an entire assembly and joined in with lessons π Toby finished at 2pm today....
Visiting school!
This morning Toby and Eve read the 'How your body works' book for ages! Toby was reading aloud to Eve and they were both discussing the pictures! Toby was also trying to teach me more of the periodic table song - he thought it was funny that he was teaching me! He...
Lazy Sunday!
The day didn't go as planned because we had no water early morning - we were going to go to the special needs trampolining π But we baked brownies! Here's Eve waiting for them to cook - they were not very successful as we didn't have all the ingredients, however Eve...
Going on a date!
Chris and I went on a date day so Toby and Eve had a brilliant time with their cousins Aimee and Erin, Auntie Tracey and Nannie Toni. They did a treasure hunt, went to the playground and played lots of games π Here are the photos Tracey took! In the past, I have been...
Missing Thursday!
Forgot to do this one! Toby did a lot of piano, he played for well over an hour in one sitting and then did more throughout the day! It was to earn bonus minutes but it was also because we got the premium version of Yousician app. Toby also started setting a timer for...





































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