Stone soup story

When I was younger I remmber being told a story called Stone Soup.

Like many things that we are taught and that we try to teach the futre generation a lot of them come from telling a story.

In many stories the lesion that are taught are how to be a good and kind person. (Alough this story also teacher deseption too.)

https://youtu.be/pphUfE0ERt0

If you look on YouTube there are many versions of this story and it would be a good story to watch or read with your young ones.

They could then talk about it and see if they though what the soilder did was good and kind?

There are a number of questions that you could ask and ways that you could talk about this story and many others to learn things like Eithics too.

What is Eithics?

https://youtu.be/NMblKpkKYao

https://youtu.be/mbv63Lz2vAw

JACKSPRAT

28TH MARCH 2020

Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so betwixt them both, They lick'd the platter clean.

At its origins “Jack Sprat” was known as a proverb, and the term used to refers at short people in the 16th century.

“Jack Sprat” Lyrics

Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean
Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat

https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1343

https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(19)31481-3/fulltext

http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/songs/jack-sprat-could-eat-no-fat

https://www.reference.com/world-view/jack-sprat-nursery-rhyme-816b611f16dae27

AFTER READING THIS RHYME AGAIN WOULD YOU NOT SAY THAT IT IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY?

SO WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING AT THE MOMENT TRY TO BE MORE FRUGAL AND TO STOP “PANIC BUYING.”

HEALTHY START VOUCHERS

If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.

https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

With your kids being out of school then you may be able to get a bit more financial support via the Pupil Premium scheme.

If you have been laid off from work or have no work due to being on a zero hour contract then please check to see if you can claim Healthy Start Vouchers to buy fruit and vegetables for your children.

25TH MARCH 2020 DRINK MORE WATER

25TH MARCH 2020

DRINK MORE WATER

“IF ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”

“IF ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”

“WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”

"If All The World Were Paper ' is an old English folk song that dates back to at least the reign of Charles I. The song, with six verses, is printed in "Witt's Recreations" described as a book of 'ingenious conceites' and 'merrie medecines', published in 1641.

www.bussongs.com/songs/if-all-the-world-were-paper

https://allnurseryrhymes.com/if-all-the-world-were-paper/

https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper/

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper-2/

https://www.bussongs.com/songs/if-all-the-world-were-paper

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-all-the-world-were-paper/

OVER THE NEXT COUPPLE OF MONTHS WHILST THE WHOLE WORD OS DEALING WITH THE CURRENT OUT BREAK. THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS WATER.

ALREADY THIS YEAR WE HAD ISSUES WHERE WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH RAIN IN THE UK THAT IT WAS CAUSING FLOODING.

YET THE TABLES COULD TURN WITH IN DAYS DEPENDING UPON THE WEATHER AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVOIRS AND USAGE.

THE AVERAGE PERSON SHOULD DRINK AROUND 8 GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY. LIVING ON THE CANAL NETWORK WE WOULD USUALLY FILL UP THE WATER TANK ABOUT EVERY 2 WEEKS WITH A FAMILY OF FOUR ON BOARD.

SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD LOOK AT CUTTING BACK BUT STILL STAY HEALTHY.

WITH EVERYONE ALL MOST ALL OVER THE WORLD ON LOCK DOWN, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO POP TO YOUR LOCAL SHOP FOR TEA, COFFEE, MILK, JUICE OR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO IT WILL BE WATER THAT WE WILL ALL BE DRINKING (COUNCIL POP.)

MOST WILL DRINK STRAIGHT FROM THE TAPE, FILTERED OR BOILED.

SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR WATER USAGE EPICALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

PLAN NOW!

I HAVE INCLUDED SOME USEFUL LINKS BELOW.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/water-drinks-nutrition/

https://www.severntrent.com/

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

REMEMBER

“IF ALL THE WORLD WAS PAPER AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK.”

“IF ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE.”

“WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?”

WHAT IS A NOUN?

Noun

A noun (from Latin nōmen, literally 'name') is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. However, noun is not a semantic category, so that it cannot be characterized in terms of its meaning. Thus, actions and states of existence can also be expressed by verbs, qualities by adjectives, and places by adverbs. Linguistically, a noun is a member of a large, open part of speech whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.

25TH MARCH 2020 SCRABBLE

25^TH MARCH 2020 

SCRABBLE

PLAY SCRABBLE! YESTERDAY FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN WAS A VERY GOOD EDUCATIONAL DAY.

WE PLAYED SCRABBLE.

MY OLDEST SON IS 6 SO HE IS AT THE AGE WHERE HE KNOWS A FEW WORDS AND HOW TO PUT SOUNDS TOGETHER. MY 4 YEAR OLD KNOWS THE ALPHABET

SO YESTERDAY WE PLAYED SCRABBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EVEN FOR POINTS.

WE COULD ONLY PLAY WHILST MY 16MONTH OLD SLEPT SO WE MUST OF PLAYED FOR A GOOD HOUR OR TWO.

DURING THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT WORDS, LETTERS AND NUMBERS MY CHILDREN KNEW.

CALLAN (AGED 6), I FOUND WAS VERY INDEPENDENT AND COMPETITIVE, ABLE TO SPELL SOME WORDS WITH FIVE LETTER IN ON HIS OWN.

BRYNDLY (AGED 4) LOVED COUNTING THE NUMBERS AND SHOUTING OUT THE LETTERS, KNOWING WORDS NO BIGGER THAN 2 LETTERS LONG. THIS WAS DUE TO CURRENTLY LEARN SOME KEY WORDS FROM SCHOOL. (FRECRENCY WORDS)

CALLAN I FOUND WAS IS ALSO VERY GOOD AT LONG DIVISION AND CAN DO LONG DIVISION FOR AGED 7-11 YEAR OLD. (HE COMPLETED A WORK BOOK FOR THIS AGE GROUP NEEDING VERY LITTLE SUPPORT.)

MYSLEF I AM THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THIS AND I AM HAVING MY 6 YEAR OLD WIPING THE FLOOR WITH ME.

WE ALSO USED THE DICTIONARY. I JUST WANTED TO GRAB MY PHONE AND SHOUT INTO IT, SO THAT IT WOULD TELL ME THE CORRECT SPELLING AND THE DIFFINITION OF A WORD.

BUT I SAID TO MYSLEF “NO!”, “STOP!”.

I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY UNTIL I WAS IN MY 20’S, I FAILED MY GCSE ENGLISH DUE TO DYSLEXIA.

BUT THE OTHER REASON I FAILED WAS DUE TO NOT KNOWING HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY, KNOWING THE MEANINGS OF WORDS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT A KEY WORD WAS.

SO YESTERDAY I STARTED SHOWING CALLAN HOW A DICTIONARY WORKED AND GOT HIM TO WRITE DOWN THE WORDS AND THEIR DICTIONARY DEFINITION.

SO YESTERDAY CALLAN WAS TAUGHT WHAT IS A NOUN? I WILL DO A MINI TEST WITH HOME ON FRIDAY TO SEE WHAT HE LEARNT THIS WEEK AND REMEMBERED.

24TH MARCH 2020 VOLKSBOLTS ARE STILL OPEN OF BUSSINESS

AT THE MOMENT WE ARE STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND ARE HAPPY FOR CUSTOMERS TO CONTACT US VIA PHONE / EMAIL / SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR KITS PRE-BUILT AND READY FOR SHIPPING ONCE WE CAN CONFIRM THAT SHIPPING CAN CONTINUE BOTH IN THE UK AND OVER SEAS.

WE WILL BE KEEPING ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS UP TO DATE VIA EMAIL, FACE BOOK AND YOU TUBE.

IF ANYONE WANTS ANY CAD WORK DOING WE ARE NOW FOCUSING ON THIS AREA OF THE BUSINESS WHILST THE UK IS ON LOCK DOWN.

WE WILL ALSO BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME "HOW TO" VIDEOS AND WORKING ON OUR ON-LINE TECHNICAL LIBRARY.

SO PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH AND STAY SAFE AND WELL.

https://youtu.be/86o4gUPqVKU

https://youtu.be/TD8cHGQvZNQ

23RD MARCH 2020 LOCKDOWN

23RD MARCH 2020 LOCK DOWN

NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LOCK TO FROM TOMORROW IS HAPPENING FOR THE NEXT 3 WEEKS, WHAT ARE WE TO DO?

WITH MY LITTLE ONES I AM LUCKY, WE HAVE A GARDEN SO PARKS AND SHOPPING ARE OUT.

WE ARE LUCK TO HAVE A LIFE LINE IF WE NEED ONE AND SO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS I WILL SEE HOW HOME SCHOOLING GOES.

TODAY WENT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD.

ALL OF THE BOYS WHERE SELF STARTING AND LOVE TO READ AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.  SO WE READ BOOK AND DANCED AROUND THE HOUSE ALL DAY.

TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON EASTER AND GO SOME ARE WORK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WITH EASTER ON ITS WAY I AM LOOKING AT HOLDING A EASTER EGG HUNT IN THE GARDEN AND TO PAINT ROCK.

SO GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND ALL THE BEST.

XX XX

French history "let them eat cake"

https://youtu.be/NDIfwSjgNk8

21ST MARCH 2020. FIRST DAY OF HOME SCHOOLING?

23ST MARCH 2020.

 FIRST DAY OF HOME SCHOOLING?

IT IS 23ST MARCH 2020, ANDALL THOUGH  THE HOUSE NOT A CREATCHER WAS STIRING NOT EVEN MY "LITTLE MOUSE."

IT IS AFTER 6AM IN THE MORING AND BBC BREAKFAST NEWS IN ON, MY ALARM CLOCK WENT OFF TO AWAKE ME WITH MY LITTLE ONE SHOUTTING MUM.

I AM SITTING HERE IN MY PJ'S TYPING OUT THIS AND SINGING MY FAVORATIE  SONG.  "IT IS JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY!"  FOLLOWED BY THE SONG "DOWN UNDER" WHERE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE GONE. (ON HOLIDAY THIS YEAR)

WHILST MY LIITTLE ONE RUSTTLES A CEREAL BAG, AND DRINK FROM HIS CUP.

 I HALF LIESTEN TO BORSISS JOHNSON WHO SEAMS TO NOT REALLY GIVE A f***.

I AM DO BE HOMESCHOOLING FROM THIS MORNING, 3 CHILDREN AGED 6, 4 AND UNDER 3, 

TO PREPARE 3 MEALS (NOT BEAD AND WATER,) AND PUT ON THE TV!

I AM DUE TO START SCOOLING AT 9.00AM -15.30AM THE SAME LIKE A FULL DAY OF SCHOOL.??

I AM DUE TO TEACH MY CHILDREN THEIR A,B,C'S AND THEIR 1,2,3,'S DISPITE FAILING MYSLEF AT SCHOOL.??

I FAILED MY MATH AND MY ENGLISH, I HATED P.E. TOO, 

BUT NEVER FORGE NOTES TO TEACHER TO MISS OUT ON P.E. AT SCHOOL.

P.E  THAT INVOLVED STANDING IN LINE TO HIT A BALL WITH A RACKET, AFTER STANDING IN LINE FOR AN HOUR (WHATEVER!)

I KNOW THAT THIS DOSE NOT RHYM AND THE GRAMMER IS WRONG ALL I CAN THINK OF IS WHY?

SHOULD I JUST PUT THE TV ON?  SPEND ANOTHER 3MONTHS WATCHEING CHANNEL 2020 AND MISSING LOSSE WOMEN NOW.??

WATCHING REPEAT AFTER REAPEAT OF "HR TUMMBLE AND JUSTINS HOUSE!'"

I AM  KILLING OF A TEA WITH MILK I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A COW AND CHICKHENS OF THE BACK GARDEN, ( DUE TO PAINICK BUYING AND PRICE GOUDGING IN THE SHOPS!)

WILL TRY NETTEL TEA AND DRINK COUNCIL POP( NOW.)

DO I LET THE CHILDRN SLEEP IN AND ASK THEM FOR A NOTE IF THEY ARE LATE?

SO I LET THEM RUN IN THE GARDEN EVEN IN THE RAIN?

DO I LET THEM PLAY WITH THEIR TOYS?

DO I LET THEM READ A BOOK?

DO I LET THEM COOK IN THE KITCHEN? (BOIL WATER)

OR DO I JUST NOT GIVE A f***?

IT IS NOW 6.30AM IN THE MORNING SCHOOL WILL START A 9.00.

I HAVE TO DRESS AND FEED THE BOYS AND GET THEM READY FOR SCHOOL ON TIME.

I WILL WASH THEIR HANDS AND THEIR FACES, FEED THEM BEACUSE THEY ARE HUNGRY AND WE HAVE NO BEAD.

SO IN THE WORDS OF MARRIE ANNTONIE "I WILL LET THEM IN CAKE INSTEAD!"

I WILL RUN AROUNDF SHOUTING OUT, PUT YOUR SHOES ON, YOUR COATS, WHERE ARE MY HOUSEKEYS?

SCHOOL IS STARTING IN 5 MINUEITS AND RUN OUT THE DOOR IN MY PJ'S, MY HAIR STILL PINED TO MY HEAD.

WE WILL RUN AROUNG TO THE TO THE BACK DOOR WHERE THEY WILL PLAY AND WAIT IN THE "PLAYGOUND"  WHILE THE CLASSROOM GETS MADE (IN THE LIVING ROOM.)

I WILL GET DRESSED UP AND PLAY THE TEACHER AND NOT MUM THE "FOOL."

I WILL TURN THE LIVING ROOM INTO A CLASSROOM AND START WITH A SONG OR TO.

WE WILL BREAK FOR MILK/WATER AT 11.00AM, LUNCH WILL BE AT 12.30-14.00.(I WILL NEED A NAP  THEN AND PUT THE BABY TO BED.)

FROM 14.00-15.15 SCHOOL WILL START A AGAIN, PROBABLY PAINTING BY NUMBER, (SO THEY CAN TAKE A GIFT HOME FOR "MUM.")

THEN THE BELL WILL RING AT 15.15. THE DOOR WILL OPEN AGAIN!  

(WE WILL HAVE THE DRAMA OF WALKING "HOME AGAIN.")

WATCH "THE BED TIME HOUR, DO "HOME WORK."  HAVE TEA, BRUSH TEETH, HAVE A WASH AND BED.

WE WILL READ A BOOK BEFORE BED TIME, FOR ABOUT 20MINUTES I THINK. (STICK TO OUR NORMAL BED TIME OF 20.30.)

READY TO STAT THE DAY ALL OVER  AGAIN.

IT WILL BE 21.3O PM BY THEN WHEN I FINALLY GET TO SIT DOWN, TO DRINK MY COUNCIL POP  AND LEFT OVERS FROM MY "LITTLE MOUSE."

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IT IS 24ST MARCH 2020, IN THE MORNING, AND NOT A CREATCHER WAS STIRING NOT EVEN MY "LITTLE MOUSE." ...

Kids Fun Songs & Silly Songs | Kumbaya | Los Pollitos | Waltzing Matilda...

100 Movies Dance Scenes Mashup (Mark Ronson-Uptown Funk ft.Bruno Mars)-WTM

20^th
March 2020

“Music
soothes a savage beast”

Music
Soothes the Savage Beast Meaning. Definition: Music
can calm one who is being aggressive.
Two variations of this phrase are music calms the savage beast and
music tames the savage beast.

https://writingexplained.org/idiom-dictionary/music-soothes-the-savage-beast

One
of the main thing that is going to effect peoples health in the
future is not lack of food of the body, it will be lack of food for
the mind, body and spirit.

So
one thing that I would recommend that people do is to start the
morning with music. Something uplifting to start the day with and
then some thing smoothing at night.

This
will not just make you feel better but the people that you live with
too.

So
why not try now?

Trun off you TV, Turn off your phone, and just put on some music like
your favourite song.

It
may even make you want you get up and start dancing, which will help
keep you body healthy too.

https://youtu.be/EmnSm_d2ll4

Time Management. Time Management, Home Schooling, Working from Home

18^th March 2020

Time Management.  Time Management, Home Schooling, Working from Home

Over the next couple of weeks time management is going to be very import to everyone. How many time have you said to your self “their is never enough hours in the day.”?

Over the next few week that is how I belie many of use are going to start to feel not to mention very stressed out and tired, both mentally and physically.

All I can say is take each day, day by day and make sure that you try to eat well and sleep well.

Many people will be currently looking at changing there life style with looking at working from home and home school their children.

Many of us will not just be worry about out selves but family and friends to.

So what can we do?

The fist thing that I am aiming to do with my family is aim to stick to the same routine that I would have stuck to as much as possible with a few changes thrown in.

My aim is to still wake up at the same time every day, eat at the same time every day and sleep at he same time every day.

With my children at home full time and not able to go any where I know that this will be very challenging and stressful. I will aim to keep each day fun and interesting for them. At the same time I will aim to carry on with my own every day routine like cooking, cleaning, taking care of the baby and working on my book.

I will start by breaking the day down into units of 20 minuets and aiming to do 20 minuet tasks just like I would do at eh weekend.

20 minuets breakfast

20 minuets get dressed

20 minuets work

20 minuets rest

20 minuets play

20 minuets snack

20 minuets rest

20 minuets work

20 minuets play

20 minuets work

20 play

20 lunch

20 rest

20 minuets (you get the picture) I am only looking at 20 minuet blocks to start off with due to the change of having 3 children at home full time and confined to a small space will be challenging.

I know that my attention span and able to do any thing is about 20 minuets. To chive more than this it take time and practice epically for children.

Some time my children will be happy to engage in an activity for longer than 20 minutes like watching TV or playing with cars.

But they can not so that every day, I would like then to continue with their education and I will be

need to look at fun ways to achieve this whilst maintaining day to day living too.

So I will see what support and guidance is offered to support me before Friday and then start to plans my daily activates. 

https://a2zhomeschooling.com/