So, homeschooling (at least for Tasha), starts on Monday, Pippa starts on 7th April . I've done loads of research, planned a curriculum (http://allinonehomeschool.com/), got sets of early readers (BOB books, Wow, Biff and Chip) and generally put a lot of thought into it (planning educational outings, groupon deals for art and music classes etc). However it still seems like I've no idea how it will go until I start doing it. It's quite nerve wracking, akin to starting a new job. I'm excited by the challenge and the kids also seem excited by the prospect. I'm guessing there'll be a few homeschooling posts on this blog going forward.
This week has been odd; I first noticed the haze last weekend when the morning sun was a lovely red colour. Since then the haze has ceased to be 'lovely' and more of an annoyance. It's like standing next to a really smoky bonfire for a week - and apparently it's set to continue for another few weeks. Evidently there's some slash-and-burn clearing going on in Indonesia and Singapore gets the smoke from there every year or so. This is the first time we've experienced it - and it's not nice. We've even resorted to turning our air-conditioning on...something we've never done in Singapore. It's quite surreal, it's like a smelly mist that won't lift. We've had friends here this week, it's been nice to come home and chill out with friends from the UK. It feels really good to be able to just pick up where we left off with them, and it's really good to have the space to put people up now. After Alpha last night we were walking back a...
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