October resource round up!

What we have been reading, watching and learning from this month. Shared to inspire you and your children’s learning adventures.

Welcome, welcome!

It’s an honour to share this teeny tiny piece of the internet with you to talk about homeschooling/unschooling and mothering. I feel so privileged to be living this life with my children. I pinch myself on the regular waiting for it all to be a dream. But alas it is real and I am so grateful.

Not that it’s always easy, for it certainly isn’t that but gosh it’s all been so worth it.

This month we have been making our way down the Queenland coast heading south.

(Did I mention we’re currently travelling Australia living in our caravan?)

We have learnt a lot about the vastness of this land recently. From the tropics to the outback, ocean to the bush we are seeing and experiencing it all.

Learning everywhere along the way!

For context: my children are currently 8, 6 and 2.

Here’s our resource list for the month:

Book-schooling:

Read alouds:

Ninja Kid 2: Flying Ninja by Ahn Do

Dusty in the Outwilds by Rhiannon Williams

Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina by Sally Rippin

The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Audiobooks:

Adventures on Trains: The Arctic Railway Assassin by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman

The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate

Wished by Lissa Evans

Jinxed: The Curious Curse of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie

The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Anxious Artist by Katrina Nannestad

Havoc: The Untold Magic of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie

Witched: the Spellbinding Life of Cora Bell by Rebecca McRitchie

Spanish for Kids with Paul Noble

Which Way to Anywhere by Cressida Cowell

Scrap by Guy Bass

The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Disastrous Dog Show by Katrina Nannestad

Morning basket:

Adventures Around the Globe by Lonely Planet Kids

What a Shell Can Tell by Helen Scales and Sonia Pulido

Usborne Lift-the-Flap Telling the Time by Rosie Hore

Food Anatomy by Julia Rothman

Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins

All You Need to Know About Our World by Age 7 by Alice James

For the littlies:

A First Book of Unique Australian Bird Songs by Fred van Gessle

The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes

My biggest has been enjoying reading the Katie Woo series on her Kindle as well as Beastly Beasts.

Game-schooling:

Mini golf

Connect 4

Aussie Road Trip Bingo

Tv-schooling:

Gardening Australia Junior

Deep Dive into Australia’s Wild Odyssey

Wildlifers

(All available on abc iview)

Podcasts:

Smash Boom Best

Activities:

Chalk on concrete

Scavenger hunt through botanic gardens

Information centre learning

Sugar cane tour

Playgrounds

Nature walks

Water parks

Library visits

Puzzles

Beach explores

Bush walks

Cooking together

Visited a shell collection exhibit

Obstacle courses

Playing in sandpits

Lookouts

Lego

Tree climbing

Dinosaur park

Zoo exploring

Caving

Scooter rides

Petting farms

Waterfalls

Street libraries

Ginger factory

Aquarium

Mountain climbing

Magnet tiles

Arcade

Movies

Queensland Museum

Sparklab

Zoom lessons with Dinosaur George

Drawing with the iPad and Apple Pencil

Pom Pom making

Deschooling (aka recommendations for the adults):

World school homeschool summit is on until the 10th of November -

https://worldschool.au

1000 Miles Together by Ben Crawford (book)

Everything I Wish I Knew Before Roadschooling by StarkRavingDad - https://www.starkravingdadblog.com/everything-i-wish-i-knew-before-roadschooling

Magickal Mothering with Dania Foster (podcast)

Confidence and Self-Esteem: How Unschooling Empowers Children by Happiness is Here Blog https://happinessishereblog.com/confidence-and-self-esteem-how-unschooling-empowers-children/

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