Dave Pommier
I am a homeschooling dad with a wife and two boys. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, so I feel compelled to write it all down. In my spare time, I work as a manager for the local health district, drink too much coffee, and am an overenthusiastic martial artist.
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Tag Archives: learning in context
Note taking
He just finds putting things down on paper a great challenge. Continue reading
Posted in English, Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, confidence, homeschool, learning in context, writing
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Bird count
Every October for the last five years, Birdlife Australia runs the Aussie Backyard Bird Count. This is a great piece of citizen science. Like the name says, people all over the country go birdwatching over the course of a week … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged bird, bloke, homeschool, learning in context, nature, science
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The Alithian fields
One of our key components for homeschooling these days is the Alithia Learning Space. Due to our work commitments, it would be impossible for us to homeschool the kids without it. For several days a week, the boys spend their … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged curriculum, learning in context, life experience
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How to read a fire
In the opening weeks of spring, there have been over fifty different bushfires burning across NSW at any given time. As a kid, I remember fire season starting sometimes as late as November. In parts of the state this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Life experiences, Nature, Science
Tagged bloke, fire, homeschool, learning in context, play, safety
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Handwriting
I hate to admit it, but it physically pains me to watch my children write. For the most part, I hold a Steiner education responsible for this. For three formative years, all their writing was done with big chunky coloured … Continue reading
Codes and ciphers
I had a book when I was a kid which was all about how to be a spy. Characters in trenchcoats, hats and dark glasses lurked furtively on every page. They would give tips like ‘you can bend down to … Continue reading
Posted in English, Experimentation, Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, homeschool, learning in context, morse code, self determination
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The end of Bloke School?
When my friends decided to return their kids to school, my eldest boy was angry and upset. His (probably legitimate) complaint was that we would never see them again. This is not the first friend he has lost. His great … Continue reading
On the tools
We have been taking things pretty easy from a purely academic point of view lately. Even though our year runs to a general kind of plan, it is not rigidly fixed. We are actually ahead of schedule on the bits … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged bloke, confidence, flexibility, homeschool, learning in context, life experience, negotiation, play, safety, self determination
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Across Bali to Pemuteran
We have been spending some time in Pemuteran on the north west coast of Bali. I meant to post this a few days ago, but the internet connectivity was not up to it. Going from Ubud to Pemuteran, we spent … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Life experiences, Nature
Tagged bali, bloke, homeschool, learning in context, life experience, nature, Pemuteran, travel
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