One of my goals for school this year was to spice up our electives somewhat and do this the kids had on their “want to do list”… Cooking was number one!!! So we are working our way through The River Cottage Family Cookbook for school this year and it is the best fun we have [...]
Se7en Discover Milk in the River Cottage Cook Book…
July 28th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Tags: Cook Book Reviews · Electives · Monday Munchies · Se7en at School
Sunday Snippet: Se7en Life Skills Lurking on the Internet…
July 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Computer technology is here to stay!!! Funny that I even need to write that down because my children don’t know a time when it didn’t exist!!! Computers are part of our lives and children nowadays are born knowing how to use them. I know my mom would like to jot all the “steps down on [...]
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Se7en Natural Factual Links…
July 13th, 2010 · 8 Comments
It is the middle of Winter and absolutely freezing, we didn’t get out much this week. A mad dash to see the penguins, a couple of quick forts for lunch in the garden and catching the tepid sun on the steps but otherwise we are indoors. And everyone is beginning to plot and plan improvements [...]
Tags: Science · Se7en at School
Saturday Spot: The Meeting and a School Refresher…
June 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Our school is changing and I have discovered a definite leaning towards studying electives!!! I wrote about having se7en good intentions for our new school year and we seem to have them covered. It really helps, and here was the epiphany for me, if everyone knows what I am aiming for!!! I used to make sure [...]
Tags: Organizing School · Saturday Spot · Se7en at School
Saturday Spot: Making Kelp Horns in Se7en Steps at the Shark Center…
June 1st, 2010 · 8 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I posted all about our visit to the Save Our Seas Shark Center… and we had to go back for a little bit more!!! Well last week we went to make some Kelp Horns or Vuvuzelas as they are known in South Africa. Wander down this post to find out [...]
Tags: Cape Town · Outdoors · Outings · Saturday Spot · Tuesday Art Task
Se7en Discover Flour in the River Cottage Family CookBook…
May 28th, 2010 · 13 Comments
One of the things on our list of fun things to do this past school term was to work our way through this book: The first chapter was all about flour, who knew all there is to know!!! The different types of flour and which you use for which kind of recipe. And who knew [...]
Tags: Celebration Bread · Cook Book Reviews · Electives · Monday Munchies · Se7en at School
The Week That Was – 2.47…
May 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments
Oh my goodness. This should have been called “the week that went south” because there wasn’t one particularly bad day – just a rolling week of little disasters!!! It all began with a huge weekend load of laundry on Monday morning and someone had dropped a disposable nappy into the washer, so nappy gel throughout. [...]
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