Well I must say that it was a welcome change to our morning today. Firstly we all got up early with Tata, to see him before he ventured off into the world to go to work. Then we were able to relax and watch TV for the first time in over 3 weeks. The girls enjoyed the slow pace of the morning immensely, especially not having to get into the car and go off to work with me by the usual 6.45 in the morning!

After relaxing in front of the TV for a while, we then all got dressed and ready. Then it was time for us to get stuck into some of our learning for the day. I must say that the children were very excited to be able to jump in and do their school work and not be interrupted at 11am, for us to get ready to go to work. It did seem strange for me to no longer have to go to work, but it also was great not to have your day cut in too.

Anyway, we spent much of the day working out what we are going to be learning about. We have chosen to learn about Amelia Earhart over the next few weeks and have some wonderful resources to use along the way. We also have the movie about her life to watch, so that should be fun.

Nik spent some of the day writing and drawing. She has created a wonderful set of pictures to send to her penpal  ‘CC’ in America. Tomorrow I hope to sit down with her and help her write a letter to him. NIK loves receiving little things from ‘CC’ and we are encouraging her to send him little things back too.

Jah has also been busy today. Apart from her usual writing and maths Jah has helped me to organise the last of the exchange envelopes we need to get into the mail. I am hoping that we will be posting them off tomorrow. This has also been a very valuable experience that we have enjoyed sending as well as receiving. I still have photos of another exchange envelope we received from Texas to show you, so will add that in a little later.

Until then, stay safe!