A Moment in Our World

May Budding Blog Linky

I'm linking up with Jess at I Heart Recess.

So here goes!!

1. Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging when we started homeschooling as a way to record what we do. Also as most of our family live far away from us, they were able to see what we have been up to.

2. What is your favorite subject to teach and why?

I love teaching art the most. I can't draw but am a little creative and like to make things. The boys love to make things as well, and they also like science experiments.

3. Describe your teaching style.

Ummm, not sure. We just go with the flow a lot. We do a lot of hands on activities and a lot of computer work. I just like to steer the boys in a direction and watch them go for it.

4. Give three interesting facts about you.

This is a hard one.

1. I am not a morning person and recently we have a new Australian Post courier who loves to turn up between 8 and 9am in the morning when I am usually in bed. I always end up signing in my pjs. He must think I'm a very lazy person.
2. I would love to get into photography, but just haven't got the time. I got a new camera and really need to sit down and work out how to use it.
3. I am very lazy when it comes to housework. I'm just not interested in doing it, maybe it has something to do with my back. I have a bad back and the housework seems to make it hurt.

5. Do you have a TpT store? If yes, post the link :)

Yes I do.
Come visit me here.

Hope you have found this interesting.

I would love to hear from you soon.

Red Riding Hood Matching Game - Friday Freebie

Red Riding Hood Matching Game

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Planners

Do you ever feel the need to get organised?

I like to be organised, I start and then I stop for a while and then have to get back into it again.

If only I could keep going, I would be able to find things a lot easier.

So I made up some planners to help. They come in five different colours for you to choose from.

There is a

Weekly Planner

Weekly Menu Planner

Weekly Blog Planner

Pages for your favourite recipes

Recipe Pages

Monthly Birthday Planner

to help you remember all those special days!

A Monthly

Homeschool Goal Sheet

To help you set goals for home schooling

Daily Planner

to help you through each day

And a Blog Planner

to help organise your blogging.

Skwirk Interactive Schooling

Today I am sharing our thoughts on Skwirk which our boys have started using.

The boys absolutely love it.
The first day they used it they kicked me off the computer.

I printed out the page for them with their login details on, so they could go on whenever they wanted. They really liked this. They enjoy being able to do things like this by themselves.

B is in grade 1. In this level, he was able to choose from a range of subjects and of course the interactive games that he loved.

He would watch the animation and then read along to the story and then play the game for each topic. He didn't realize that he was learning, he was just having fun.

He really enjoyed the games which help reinforce what he had just learnt in the animation and the read along story.

The bright colours, the easy to use website, the fun animations and games kept the boys entertained and focused.
They were also able to print out some of the games as they went along as well which they loved, as they were able to show daddy what they had been doing when he came home from work.

R is in grade 3 and was having a great time learning and then he found the 'Make your own Word Search page. He kept making them and printing them out for us to do. After choosing his own topic, he wrote the words in himself (spelling them all correctly) and the printed them off.

For correctly answering the pop quizzes, R also receives points which he is able to use in the Skwirk Store. Unfortunately this is unavailable in the grade 1 level.

We have found Skwirk to be a fantastic supplement to what the boys learn while homeschooling. The subjects/topics on Skwirk are based on the Australian curriculum, are very well targeted to the correct grade level and are educational while still fun and help reinforce what the boys have been learning. We would certainly recommend you have a go using it. You won't be disappointed.