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Welcome to my blog. It is updated weekly with pictures and projects from our homeschool - maybe you can find something to inspire you :) I have a (no longer updated) materials page elsewhere on my website and will, occasionally, post my homemade materials in this blog.

I'm married to Tim (delivery driver and gorgeous musician), have 2 daughters, live on the south coast of the UK and have 1 aging cat (Hemmingway or Hemmy for short). I love reading, yoga, crafts, baking, daft old comedies, music and teaching.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Chemistry calamities

Rosie, adorable though she is, is THE most clumsy of children (takes after her daddy who is the most clumsy of adults!). Hence, I approached our chemistry lesson today with a fair amount of trepidation. It was the first one we have done involving a spirit burner. Gulp.

My desire is to allow her to do the work herself but also keep a close eye on her. Despite doing this, we still had an accident. She SOMEHOW managed to let go of the tongs in which she was holding a test tube of hot water and sodium sulphate which bounced off the floor, splashed everywhere and caused me to shriek in horror and her to start flapping her arms about.

Now, sodium sulphate is generally considered non-toxic but it can be an irritant and that, combined with the hot water, potential of broken glass AND the burner still going induced complete panic for a second.

Luckily, I'm capable of regaining my equilibrium more quickly than Rosie so I sent her away, stuck a glass over the burner to put it out, grabbed the test tube (thankfully not broken) and mopped the floor clean. Phew.

Think I might leave the chemistry for a bit .... would delegate the job to Tim but like I said, he can be worse than her and the possibility for horror situations doesn't bare thinking about ....

So that's that. Over on NOT homeschool I've been writing about cute halloween costumes and "fun" with gas explosions. Can you have fun with a gas explosion? Probably definately not.