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Happy holidays, homeschool heroes! ☃️ Ed here, your festive helper, ready to deliver a sack full of educational gifts. Let's make this a December to remember!

December 13, 2024

Happy holidays, homeschool heroes! ☃️ Ed here, your festive helper, ready to deliver a sack full of educational gifts. Let's make this a December to remember!

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Abel Tasman reached New Zealand, becoming the first European to do so.

Friday, 13th: 1642

ENGLISH
Story Starter Scramble! ✏️🔀

Let's shake up our storytelling skills and spark our imaginations!

Your Mission:

  1. Choose three random words from a dictionary, magazine, or website.

  2. Use these words as inspiration to write a short story or a few paragraphs.

  3. Get creative! The words can be characters, objects, settings, or anything else you can imagine.

Bonus Challenges:

  • Challenge a friend or family member to write a story using the same three words.

  • Illustrate your story with drawings or create a comic strip.

  • Combine your story with others to create a collaborative anthology.

Share your stories on social media using #EdExpress!

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LANGUAGE
Journey to Ancient Rome! 🏛️🇮🇹

Let's travel back in time and explore the fascinating world of Latin!

Today's Focus: Common Latin Phrases

  • Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

  • Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

  • Et tu, Brute? (Even you, Brutus?)

  • Ad astra per aspera. (A rough road leads to the stars / Through hardship to the stars.)

  • Alea iacta est. (The die is cast.)

Your Mission:

  1. Research the meaning and historical context of these Latin phrases.

  2. Try to use them in your own sentences or conversations.

  3. Create a mini-presentation or poster showcasing these phrases and their meanings.

Bonus Challenges:

  • Learn other common Latin phrases or mottos.

  • Explore how Latin has influenced modern languages, especially English.

  • Find examples of Latin phrases used in everyday life (e.g., on coins, in mottos, or in scientific names).

Share your Latin language discoveries on social media using #EdExpress!

JOKE
A giggle a day keeps the learning blues away!

Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
 
A: Between you and me, something smells!

Ed - Your UK Home Education Companion

Keep exploring, keep learning, and keep having fun!

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