Specifically Home Education and not Home Schooling, because we’re not being academic about it
We had great travel plans for this year with a trip to visit family in South Africa, a trip to…
My girls are so into lapbooks at the moment, that they request them on almost every topic. We’ve never been…
We were recently sent a copy of the Scandanavian board game Fox and Geese to review, and I have to…
We took a bit of a break from our Women Who Did series over the last year, because, life… but…
Continuing our theme “Women Who Did” for this year, our second amazing woman from history is Frida Kahlo, the Mexican…
Sometimes life collides in several places at the same time, creating a series of thoughts or actions that can change…
I decided this year to utilise some of the many books we have and use famous – or should-be-famous –…
I strongly dislike ‘introducing’ a new series, as life inevitably happens, and we have to stop, or change direction. Just as…
One of the abundances of the autumn or fall season is horse chestnuts – the non-edible chestnut relative. If it’s…
Autumn is one of my favourite seasons for encouraging the kids outdoors. The days are still warm, and the evenings…
One of the objectives of the John Muir Trust Award is learning about the local area. We live on the…
While we were doing the level one of the John Muir Award we spent a lot of time focusing on…
One of a number of books on this theme to have been published over the last few years, Fantastically Great…
I just love The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It’s one of those books you read again and…
I am a pretty big believer in the power of subliminal encouragement, so I’m never afraid of having my girls…
I’m a fully grown adult, and sometimes, even I think the world is a pretty scary place. It makes me…
Things we’ve used and what we thought of them
We had great travel plans for this year with a trip to visit family in South Africa, a trip to…
We were recently sent a copy of the Scandanavian board game Fox and Geese to review, and I have to…
In our effort to introduce more STEM activities for our girls we agreed to review the MagnetCube CoasterCube Modular Magnetic…
We all know the value of STEM toys for children, and maybe even specifically for girls, so when we were…
As a parent you need somewhere in your home to relax, the living room which was once your sanctuary is now…
We’ve been home educating, or homeschooling, ever since my girls were born, basically, and while we’ve gone through various incantations…
Gifts are wonderful things. We buy them for anniversaries, valentines day, weddings, and birthdays. However, you don’t necessarily need a…
Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash Having dream clothes and accessories in the wardrobe is a great feeling. Over time, however,…
Things I undertake for a short amount of time
We’ve been getting arty again, following on from the colour wheel we did the other day, and this time we’ve…
I find curriculums to be a bit like recipe books – I find something I kind of like the sound…
One of the objectives of the John Muir Trust Award is learning about the local area. We live on the…
We had great travel plans for this year with a trip to visit family in South Africa, a trip to Scotland for our John Muir Trust Award and around the…Continue Reading →
My girls are so into lapbooks at the moment, that they request them on almost every topic. We’ve never been…
We were recently sent a copy of the Scandanavian board game Fox and Geese to review, and I have to…
In our effort to introduce more STEM activities for our girls we agreed to review the MagnetCube CoasterCube Modular Magnetic Marble Rollercoaster, a starter pack set for ages 8+ What…Continue Reading →
We all know the value of STEM toys for children, and maybe even specifically for girls, so when we were…
One of the abundances of the autumn or fall season is horse chestnuts – the non-edible chestnut relative. If it’s…
Autumn is one of my favourite seasons for encouraging the kids outdoors. The days are still warm, and the evenings draw in a little earlier, so if we’re out just…Continue Reading →
Summer may be over for most people, but here in my little Island home I have to admit that September…
We were sent the Magicube Word Building set from Geomag for review recently, and in this post I’ll tell you all…
As a parent you need somewhere in your home to relax, the living room which was once your sanctuary is now littered with toys and screen time, your bathroom – once…Continue Reading →