Jasmin has now been home educated for a year and it has flown by. We had a conversation today and Jasmin said it has just been amazing.
I feel that Jasmin has grown in so many ways, in confidence, happiness, spirituality, friendships just to name a few. I am so lucky that I have been able to take that journey with her.
Here are just some of the recent things we have been up to:
Skating:
Skating at the moment feels like our second home, it was a hard decision to take to increase Jasmin's skating and it has changed the way we home educate quite a bit but it is paying off and she really loves it. She is on gold now only four more badges then she can do her NISA levels.
Today at skating a school group was on the ice at the same time as Jasmin's training session, two girls came up to Jasmin when she had finished her training and said "we think you a pretty cool, no really cool - and all our school friends think so and you are ace" It was such a lovely thing for someone to say to her and made her smile all day. xxx
A very Special Day:
Jasmin has been wanting to get Christened for quite a while and on the 22nd June she got her wish.
She was Christened with all of her family and friends from choir, and everybody from St Timothy's Church, and home ed friends.
It was very special as Jasmin understood the promises she was making. For Jasmin church is such an important part of her life. xxx
Church concert:St Timothy's, Slinn Street, Crookes.
On the 18th July Jasmin is singing in the church concert for charity, it starts at 7pm. There will be lots of childen who are in the choir playing music and singing as well as adults. It is for raising money in aid of St Tims Church Organ Fund and the Brain Tumour Research Fund. If you would like to come along please let me knowxxx
Work books and Reading eggs and games:
These have been really useful for Jasmin giving her confidence as she has progressed through the books. Also reading eggs has been good for going back through the basics and bringing her reading on.
In her writing she is really trying hard to do cursive writing and is enjoying the way it looks on paper. She is still enjoying writing to her pen friend. I remember having pen friends and waiting for a new letter to come through the post and rushing upstairs to read it. Very special.xx
We have been playing lots of games, monopoly, backgammon, pizza fractions which she loves.
Piano:
Jasmin has started to write a piece of music only using the notes on her right hand, which is great fun. Not necessarily tuneful…. She is working through book 2.
Friends:
We have had some amazing play dates with friends, doing some fab spontaneous crafts and outings: Felting, playing in woods, day trips out on walks etc and just playingxxx
Grindleford:
We caught the train to Grindleford with some friends and did a small round walk, had some chips at the cafe, saw a little mouse. Had a fab play in the park - a lovely dayxxx
Music in The Round:
This is the second time we have been to see Music in The Round, this time the story was Giddy The Goat. Just as fab, a story told through a musical orchestra with plenty of interaction with the audience. A great way to listen to musicians, learn about their instruments and take part.
Afterwards we had a fab play in the peace gardens with Beth, Autumn and Evan, ending up with Jasmin getting soaking wet and a charity shop for clothes to get us home.
Playing outside with friends waiting for the concert to start:
I love this activity, (thank you Beth). After finding some flowers in the woods, we separated the petals from the flowers placed them in patterns on the watercolour paper and placed acetate on top, carefully we used different shaped hammers to release the colour pigment from the petals and make patterns with the natural ink.
Felting at Beths:
I love felting just the fact that you can change dramatically the look, texture and use of wool. It is so tactile and lots of fun.xxx
Our Cow Molly:
A lovely sunny day perfect for a trip to our cow molly, ice creams and a play with friendsxxx
