August

ROUTINES SCHEDULE'S...! IM AT IT AGAIN!

Journaling Resource

 Yesterday was a lovely day in the park where a few of us got together for a picnic. I thought I could link the outing to our topic this month and talk about the enviroment and recycling. We tried to use paper plates and cups wherel0ooiiiihhhhhhgggh humiliation jvniiyfdrrrrd possible and disposed of what we could in an orange recycling bag. 

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Journal about daily experiences with this worksheet. I was too tired after the picnic yesterday to journal about it but I intend to make this a daily habit. I have a reluctant writer so any thing that is motivational for her to write is a bonus!

Planning

 

Planning. Sources of Inspiration!💭

Each month there are 4 topics kinda related to each other. I had counted the number of weeks and decided to think of a different topic for each week. This is too much and we are not a school. If we are inpired by recycling for example and we want to dive deep into that then we should not be bound by the dictates of the planning sheet. There is so much to learn. The sources of inspiration planner can be used as a prompt and a reference to see where topics can overlap and connect and to see what may have been missed.

I think our goal should be to broaden the childrens horizons as much as possible without overwhelm and without limiting the imagination or dampening their intrinsic motivation for learning.

Source of inspiration document here

This brainstorm image helps with mid term planning and gets specific about what activites might be appropriate for the topic.

First Blog Post July Summer Time

Summer mini book

👆My first blog entry. It's Monday and we have had the lockdown lifted just at time when I am being ok with not needing so much social interaction! The purpose of this blog is to document our learning journey and to motivate myself to make learning fun, stay motivated in my task that whilst broadening the horizon's of these children and my own. Learning is fun and learning is for life. The name Elmtree fits the classic metaphor of growing, nurturing, cultivating and also sounds like the word Ilm which is the Arabic word for knowledge or science. I am excited to embark on this journey and I hope i can be consistent. Hmmm yes consistent! Insha Allah!