A Slice of Sky

For the past two weeks, I have been thinking about how to assess and develop my 7 year old’s reading and writing abililities in a way that wasn’t burdensome. The shelves in the education section of our local bookshops are dotted with workbooks of every shape, size and colour. That seemed like an easy alternative- […]

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I wanted to do something different than the usual descriptive piece of landscapes such as forests, beaches and mountains. So, I looked around the house and saw our oven, refrigerator and walla …MACHINES!
We take machines for granted since they have always been there , well at least for the past few generations! Most of us […]

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