HomeGrown Learners

Adventures of a home education journey

Welcome to my blog. I home school Jenson and Wren, who are 6 and 4 years old respectively. We live in Cheltenham in England with my husband, Simon, and all manner of animals including chickens, rabbits, a dog and a handful of fish. This is an online diary. It's a place for me to keep a record of the highs and lows of our home ed experience.

Lego Sensory Bins & Ice Explorers

April 03, 2017 by gill thomas

Today was LEGO Club and this week, after flicking through our Unofficial Guide to Lego, Jenson had decided he wanted to make LEGO sensory bins and LEGO ice excavations.

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April 03, 2017 /gill thomas
home schooling, home education, cheltenham, gloucestershire, lego

Balloon Lego Cars

March 20, 2017 by gill thomas

Inspired by my new book titled The Unofficial Guide to Learning with Lego, today Lego Club hosted its very first structured session! The topic was balloon powered Lego cars.

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March 20, 2017 /gill thomas
home education, home schooling, cheltenham, lego

Learning with LEGO

March 07, 2017 by gill thomas

Learning with Lego is the name of a new book I recently bought to help develop Jenson's love of all things brick. It is titled as the unofficial guide but has become our Bible!

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March 07, 2017 /gill thomas
home schooling, home education, lego

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