A Learning Experience to Remember: August 2021-August 2022

Last year I did not consider the forthcoming year curriculum until the 4th September. I stayed awake until the early hours of the morning planning a rough guideline, so I could face the girls in the morning with some confidence to welcome in the new learning year together.  This year I planned it at the beginning of August! I reviewed what they had learnt over the past year, wrote their yearly reports and from there gauged the path I wanted to take them down this year. Dad and I also had a long conversation about our end goals for their education, so we can start to roughly plan the next ten years out for them. This gave me clarity in the direction we are guiding them towards.  I sat at the school room desk and calmly planned and noted, with the full knowledge based on last year, that flexibility and spontaneity remains absolutely pivotal and should be your constant guide.  This may sound conflicting, but in practice having a plan whilst allowing spontaneity to flo...

Hello and welcome! We are Sophia (aged five), Kira (aged four), Xander (aged three), Mum (it’s rude to ask) and Dad (never knows his age). Yes the Morris family is here for another fun filled year of learning commencing August 2021.  We have been teaching our little brood for five magical years now and it remains as exciting and challenging as always.  The majority of the family are neuro divergent, and as a neuro typical, I trail in their wake of brilliance whilst leading the pack in their learning experience at the same time, which is always an unique experience.  Sophia, Xander and I also have a bonemarrow failure condition which keeps life super interesting and busy. The hospital is our second home, and I’m sure we’re not on our own here.  Xander is home currently having just survived a life saving Bonemarrow Transplant, but we still have frequent hospital stays.  One final obstacle Dad and I face together is the complicated dietary requirements of our ...