Scratch and Sniff, Beer and Skittles.
"How much?" I asked aghast. "For two tubes of ointment?!!"Boy's health has cost me a small fortune this week. High temperatures, nausea, aching muscles, splitting headaches, Asperger's obsessions and...
View ArticleThe Carnival of Australia: Number Two Cockatoo
Welcome to the May 9, 2007, second edition of the Carnival of Australia. Like a pair of Cockatoos this edition of the Carnival of Australia is making some noise about protecting our environment and...
View ArticleA Quick Spell for Busy Home School Parents
Poor Boy. I've been so busy this last week, preparing the new web site, that he has done nothing more than Kinetic Math and English. Like a kid made to eat only cabbage, he is so sick of it and is...
View ArticleThe Art of Learning
Boy likes art. Boy HATES anything that looks remotely like traditional school. Eager to expand his creative mind and burgeoning artistic talents we spend ample time on art projects and weaving...
View ArticleScience in the Kitchen: the Bicarb Experiment
What happens when Bicarbonate of Soda (aka Baking Powder) is mixed with different pantry products?What you need: Bicarbonate of soda, drinking glasses, teaspoon, a range of different pantry...
View ArticleVolcanoes in the Backyard
Our verandah table was washed away with bubbling lava and joyous laughter from three children (okay, one child, one 20 year old and one old[er]adult). Boy's kitchen science evolved into a more...
View ArticleMelt and Mould Soap Making
Today we made soap as a home school activity. Boy does not prioritise personal hygiene and I'm sure that when he does bath, the soap remains dry! Not unusual for kids with Aspergers, personal hygiene...
View ArticleImaginif...Child Protection Became Serious Business
Home school is out for the day because...we've gone live with our new website: Imaginif...Child Protection Became Serious Business.My poor Boy. He has had to endure a very tired mother, change of home...
View ArticleDoes Learning Ever Stop?
"What's a hiatus Mum?" he asked in earnest."It's what's happened to your blog entries at your Homeschooling Aspergers site. We've had a hiatus: a break, a glitch, an interruption, a burst out, but now...
View ArticleDriving all the way to Cooktown
Boy and step-father recently went on a road trip. Although during a school week, Indigenous Australia was woven into their adventures (we're studying the cultural melting pot and geography of Australia...
View ArticleAustralia's First Nation People are called Aboriginies
Article by Boy, age 11 The Australian Aboriginie has been here for more than 60,000 years. When white people came to Australia they killed many Aboriginal people and they herded the rest into groups...
View ArticleMessage from a Home Schooled Boy in Australia
As part of Boy's socialisation skills we are helping him to reach out and make new friends. Given Boy's Aspergic tendencies toward computer obsession we have created a safe section for him to hang out...
View ArticleEmployment Opportunity for Boy with Aspergers
Boy has been offered money in return for making clay figures that represent emotions. He is a dab hand at the clay work - one of his strengths. Step-father and I were proudly showing off Boy's clay...
View ArticleSpelling Bee
Think of every swear word that starts with B. That's how our school day ended. "What's for school today Mum?""We're going to finish your origami fish, do some Australian spelling and a Kinetic Math and...
View ArticleSearch and Destroy Spelling Bee Mission Achieved.
Today is the 12 month anniversary of a particularly traumatic event in Boy's life. As a result of the trauma, it is also the anniversary of the last time he had contact or conversation with his...
View ArticleEnd of Term Excursion: Aboriginal Culture
We went walkabout for a week. To complete this term's study on the geography and cultural melting pot of Australia and Aboriginal Art, we took a week long camping trip to Cape York Peninsula. The Laura...
View ArticleSecret Women's Business
Well, not so secret because we don't do secrets in our home. Instead, we do surprises. The surprise Women's Business in this case is the All for Women Blogging Carnival. A new Carnival started by Leigh...
View ArticleCarnival of Australia, Edition Six: Say Goodbye, my own true lover.
Like an Aussie mate we have loved and remained loyal to, today Boy and I say goodbye to our own true lover - the home school study of the geography and cultural melting pot of Australia. What a...
View ArticleChristmas in July Competition
Imaginif is running a Christmas in July competition.Enter for a chance to WIN a Christmas Stocking full of Protective Play goodies from the Imaginif shop simply by posting your Favorite Christmas in...
View ArticleCircus Goes Back to School
First day back at school after the two week term break. Oh joy!!! Boy was a pleasure - he did exactly as expected: tried every excuse under the sun to get out of doing any school work!!! He was a...
View ArticleWhen Things Go Wrong, Support Networks Grow Strong
We have had a very bad week. In need of help and support, I discovered that my pride was too great to ask for help. Lucky for me, two wonderful friends recognised my need and came around to help me...
View ArticleMafia Madness
Boy loves guns, war stuff, crashing planes, murder, weapons and anything that produces pain and blood. I am a conscientious objector: the daughter of a decorated, three tour, now retired Army officer....
View ArticleMovie Review: The Mummy Returns
Today Boy and I negotiated over Math and English. Rather than do a set curricula unit of English, Boy agreed to do a movie review and write the blog himself (we are moving into setting up a simple...
View ArticleThe Mafia Project
We have dead bodies all over our lounge room floor. A Mafia hit was ordered and their handiwork is scattered like cushions and rugs on our cold hard white tiles. The red blood of the Sicilian born...
View ArticleShow Holiday
We are show-offs! How bazaar that in this day and age of sky rocketing interest rates, petrol prices and immediate harm to the environment that local shows still occur and that we get a public holiday...
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