Education Centre
This morning, school drop offs revealed the impact of lockdown on parents. Their clothes were creased, stained and looking tired. No evidence of make-up was found and caps/hats were on most heads, as a convinient cover up. Most noticeable was the parents’ haggard faces – seeming to have aged significantly in the past lockdown weeks. […]
On this very wet Sunday, we are trying out wet on wet water colour techniques. I have been reading about Waldorf painting lessons for children, and loved the simplicity of lessons -working with primary colours, and using one or two colours to begin with. This encouraged Eassa to focus on technique – using his brush […]
Eassa was asking to visit again his beloved Jiddo Essa who passed away some 6 weeks a go, may God bring Mercy upon his soul. We also visited the late Sheikh AlBakiry who was instrumental in our early lives and was the one to perform the marriage ceremony for Mazin and I. We miss him. […]
How interesting are caves? Eassa was asking questions about caves and how they form. And this is how caves became our unit of study for the term. I struggled to find children resources on caves and cave animals. The local librarian was just as surprised. Hopefully some new resources will be ordered. We are focusing […]
When was the last time you hugged a giant tree, placed your cheek against its cool bark, and listened to the gentle trickling of fluids inside it? Go on, try it out! ❤
Everytime I pass a pretty front yard like this one, I wonder at the skills and dedication of the gardener. Then I remind myself that each of us is a gardener in some way. One of my flowers is standing in the photo 😁. Yeah, this thought makes me feel better about my garden 😅. […]
Everytime I pass a pretty front yard like this one, I wonder at the skills and dedication of the gardener. Then I remind myself that each of us is a gardener in some way. One of my flowers is standing in the photo 😁. Yeah, this thought makes me feel better about my garden 😅. […]
Our suburb’s Spoonville is thriving 😍 Eassa loves it and looks forward to finding new additions. Sometimes, small things like this bring so much joy to others.
Eassa has been asking me about Summer every single day. He can sense the changes in the garden and the smell of Spring. To help him understand the Seasons and the 12 months cycle, we made this little resource. Eassa loves it and counts the months to each one’s birthday, and the seasons. What do […]
Good morning beautiful people. We were exploring in our garden yesterday and found this gorgeous bottlebrush tree (not sure of the specific name of this species). It was awesome to find the elements of the full cycle on the one tree at the same time. Eassa loved learning about the fruiting capsules (second pic); the […]