Vin's Learning Journey

 We took some time out to be mega lazy and relax and not plan anything in particular for August this year. Here are a few of the things we got up to: We read some books, including "Little Leaders Visionary Women". Vin was interested in the pages about Mary Blair as it mentioned about the Small World ride at disneyland that she designed. So we looked up some more information about her and some of her art and we watched a ride through video on youtube of the Small World ride. We put the Times Table poster up at the top of the stairs and occasionally quizzed each other.   Vin made lots of cool lego. We watched the Lego Batman movie so a lot of his builds were batman themed. He made loads of villains usign his existing figures and made vehicles for them and the Joker's Manor house. (There were lots of other vehicles over the weeks I didn't take photos of all of them!) We went to Bedgebury Pinetum for a picnic and saw loads of nice plants, watched the duck and geese on the...

 This week we had a couple of nice days out. We went to Greatstone, Littlestone and Dungeness. We walked along the shore, played on the beach, had a picnic and read comics. We used the google lens app to identify some sea kale and some beach rose. Sea kale is edible but the leaves looked pretty big and tough so we didn't try any! We also saw a butterfly that we think might be a clouded yellow. We harvested LOADS of beans this week, so lots of healthy vegetables have been eaten! We also went to Blackberry Farm. Vin had a nice time feeding the goats and alpacas and playing loads in the play areas and obstacle courses. Vin and his dad went for a ride on the Spa Valley railway too. Vin saw a book he liked that was recommended in the Phoenix comic so we looked it up and the library didn't have it. We checked the e-library and it didn't have it either but said we could recommend it to be bought. The very next day they had a copy of it! Vin wasted no time in reading it at once. We...