Geographical awareness

Springy likes to draw maps and following on some reading from other wonderful home educators I reckon it would be nice for Springy to draw a map of our home and where we live.

The weather is something we're discussing and the autumn is the perfect time to discuss leaves changing colour (not in detail). We've been picking blackberries and I'm hoping to make some Hedgerow Crumble soon with the elderberries, sloes and blackberries from around the hedges here.

Springy keeps reversing letters at the moment so I need to work on some lemniscates with her - off to the right and back to the middle (8 on its side). Her favourite toy at the moment is her little wooden road set and she's getting better and better at building it herself. We're now down to the last 3 pieces that she needs help on (rather than about 10).

Balancing bicycles

We're about to remove the stabilisers (training wheels) and pedals from our daughter's bike. I've been told recently that the best way for a child to learn the bicycle is to have them use it without any pedals onthe bicycle (I've had that "Oh bother, why didn't I know this before!?"moment). It makes a lot of sense and apparently there is a brandcalled Like-A-Bike (expensive) which someone created to simulate a bicycle without pedals but we're going for the cheap option. The balance is maintained with the child using their feet on the ground to stand up the bicycle and when they get the hang of it they can then push off and propel themselves along - once this is achieved the pedals go back on. I'm not sure how well it will stand up to his sensory issues but it may be worth seeing if he can manage.

All we need to do is wait for some decent weather. Today it was windy and wet but we still managed to get out for a walk and saw some spring lambs.