Year 12 has looked different every time we've done it. These are my initial, to be updated, plans for this year for my daughter who's just turned 17 using some selections from Ambleside Online (those are marked with an *) and adding other material I'd like her to cover. We're going into Week 3 as … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 12 in Australia
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An 11 year Old's Notebook Keeping
Moozle started Ambleside Online Year 6 about two months ago so I thought it would be a good opportunity to record some of what she does in the way of notebook keeping each week.I'll start with her favourite: Nature Notebook This is something Moozle really enjoys doing and will often suggest it early in the … Continue reading An 11 year Old's Notebook Keeping
Classical Academic Press – Review & Give Away! French for Children
Paris, 2015 Moozle, my ten year old, has been learning French informally for a few years, mostly by listening to French folksongs and copying French phrases into her notebook. This has worked quite well up until recently. Her pronunciation sounds natural, and she speaks the French she knows with confidence, but I knew … Continue reading Classical Academic Press – Review & Give Away! French for Children
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher – Newbery Honor Book 1946…how this book has been inspiring in the acquisition of the French language
The war in Europe had just ended and Johnny Littlehorn's father was in France recovering from injuries he received when a German shell exploded near him. Johnny's mother was French and had met her husband in America. After their marriage they had settled on a ranch in Wyoming and now Johnny's mother, with the help … Continue reading The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher – Newbery Honor Book 1946…how this book has been inspiring in the acquisition of the French language
French Lessons, Vocabulary & Folksongs – update
I'm updating this post to include a few more resources so all our French resources are on the same page and have included a mix of vocabulary, stories and folksongs. "...the child's vocabulary should increase steadily, say, at the rate of half a dozen words a day. Think of fifteen hundred words in a year! … Continue reading French Lessons, Vocabulary & Folksongs – update
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