Category Archives: Driving

April 3, 2010

Since my last post here, we’ve been..

(amongst other things) We’ve also, this week, been creating maps of our local area – first from memory, then from walking around with a clipboard, then from sloooow driving, and stopping, and reversing, and driving again, then from Google Maps … Continue reading →

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Filed under Aptitude, Curiosity - a delicate flower, Driving, History, Innate, Natural learning - how it works, Out an' about, Planning - or not, Pre-home ed, Writing

January 4, 2010

Learning last year

In and amongst the new year celebrations here, I’ve been thinking and chatting with the children about what we all learned last year. It’s probably quite easy for me to list some of the skills that some of us mastered: … Continue reading →

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Filed under Business, Co-operating, Driving, ICT, Innate, Numbers, Reading, Russian

May 18, 2009

Driving again

Both Zara and Tom’s driving is going very well. Zara’s had more practice though, so she’s a little more accomplished than Tom. She can do three point turns now, and reversing around corners, uphill starts and backwards uphill starts – … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2009

This week, we’ve been mostly…

Learning how to drive: This is going really well, mainly because Zara so passionately wants to learn. She isn’t quite 17 yet, so we’re still learning off-road but luckily there are plenty such areas around here in which to practice. … Continue reading →

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