Things we're up to.

Only day two of the blog. I thought I'd throw some photos into the mix. Show you some stuff we've been up to. Might interest you, might not. I'd be happy if you stole some of our ideas. We think they're pretty cool.

Today we've changed our little coffee table in the lounge. The little ones get all excited when the screwdrivers come out to take the perspex sheet off. Mostly because they get to use dads screwdrivers but they get excited because change means good stuff around here.

We have had a couple of things on our table since we got the perspex cut to size. The first was a world map. I was watching the opening ceremony of the olympics and was amazed at how many countries I'd not heard of (School geography lessons were not exactly a strong point for me). I wondered if the kids would be all that bothered either but the map lasted around a month until it became just a piece of furniture again.

Next we had a poster with flags from around the world on. The kids didn't really look at it much at all. I left it a few weeks until even I thought it was part of the furniture. It had to go. I had big plans for it too. I was thinking of basing learning around all sorts of stuff. Colours for E, shapes and names for A and all kinds of good stuff for P. Population charts, geography, customs....the list goes on. Well maybe it'll happen when I try again. The poster's still there under a couple of layers.

Then we had halloween. Sometimes we have a little party and its nice to decorate the house a bit. I thought I'd go all out and have some Tarot cards out. They're always hanging around the house anyway so its nice to see them out of the pack and talk about what Tarot is. I did a traditional ten card spread. We looked at the pictures and P asked about what they all meant. She looked lots up in a book too. They only lasted a couple of weeks too but that's fine. I was getting odd looks from visitors anyway!

So back to today......I thought I could use the black background some more. We have loads of coloured paper and card so I began cutting out some circles. I can see these being handy for all kinds of activities. First off was some colour matching. Mainly for E as A finds that really easy now. She did a grand job and looked everso pleased with herself.

So that's what we've been upto today. Well that and the usual stuff. We're all dressed a least. The kids have been playing with lego all day.
I'm thinking of a lego game using the table. Maybe using a dice? Landing on a colour and getting the number of coloured lego blocks? What can you make after three goes? What after four? Hmmmm....maybe we'll do more this afternoon.....