Or: Travel-schooling.
Yesterday was Saturday, but we still made the most of the day by doing some more schoolwork. How’s it going so far? Sometimes we fill in the maths and French grammar exercise books provided by the school, but our favourite days are when we can learn cool stuff from our local environment.
In the morning, we began by getting the kids to draw the outline of the country, as well as learning the difference between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and England.
Then we studied a bit of English history by watching an episode of Horrible Histories, a BBC TV show for children that does a great job of keeping kids attention by putting emphasis on the gory, dirty side of history. The kids love it!
In the afternoon, we went out for a random drive into the local countryside, and we stumbled upon Woolsthorpe Manor, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, who needs no introduction. The place was run by the National Trust, hence very well preserved and laid out with a barn full of science experiments based on Newton’s discoveries.
We obviously made the most of it to give the kids a physics lesson!
And we ended the visit by putting Newton’s laws of motion into action!
The variety of apple is called Flower of Kent, practically extinct nowadays (apparently not a very good-tasting apple). The apple fell next to him, and not on his head, as is commonly told…
A Light Year Family 