In the past few days we've visited our unschooling friends, had a friend to play, went on a short train ride this morning with our playcentre friends, had an ice block and jumped back on, been to the library...

We've discussed...

~The moon, the sun and the earth and the role each plays
~Last week at the supermarket he wondered why there were so many lights on. We discussed why that might be (no windows) and wondered what it would be like in there with no lights on.
~Nathan made his first insect identification the other day. He received an insect book from us for his birthday and a friend got him a bug catcher with microscope. He found a dead insect on the floor, so we set about IDing it using the guide inside the cover of the book. He was quick to spot the beetle we had.
~And so much more I can't even recall what!

Creations...

~Nathan made a "supermarket" out of this weeks vegetable delivery box after the discussion last week. Then wanted it to have lights, so I suggested he get his torch out and see if he could make that work somehow. So he made a hole in the roof, attached the torch in the hole (with my help) and played with that for a while.
~Many drawings
~We got some more crafting supplies, so they've been busy playing with all sorts of new things that we haven't had before

We're currently reading...

~Farmer Boy
~Heidi
~Various Enid Blyton short books
~A few early readers

Nathan and Danielle's current games together are...

~Still carrying on with the pet dog theme, leading the dog around, feeding it, patting it, making a bed
~Trampoline play
~Riding their bikes/running bike
~Throwing the beach ball to each other
~Hut building with the couch cushions

Other activities...

~Jigsaw puzzles
~Opened up a new card game that Nathan got for his birthday called Set which is quite a cool game and he's got the swing of the basic version.
~DVDs
~PC geography game (he wanted to watch all the wildlife "videos" and then played a game based on compass directions)
~Juicing a heap of fruit
~Various household chores and food prep