Growing Tomatoes Indoors
I’ve been trying for years to get a garden going, but either the universe is against me or I suck at it. I’m guessing it’s the latter. The first year…Continue Reading →
Growing Butterflies & Ladybirds
Last year the girls and I ‘grew’ our own butterflies. It was an amazing experience for us all – I…
Simple Resources For The Solar Eclipse
I am so excited to hear that we’re expecting a solar eclipse in the UK. We’ve missed things like meteor…
Harvesting Oats – Learning About Farming
My brother getting married in Australia has introduced us to a whole new level of family, recently, and in this case, farmers! Apart from the fact that they are all…Continue Reading →
Bring Up A Butterfly …
As far as summer’s go, ours fizzled out a bit towards the end as our plans for the future began…
Ripley’s London Inspired Fun
Last month, Ameli and I visited Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in London, and I wrote a post about our…
What Does Not Going To School Look Like?
This has been our first week of not going back to school. It’s been quite, well, the same, really. I’ve been asked a number of times what curriculum we’ll be…Continue Reading →
Check Out The Creatures In A Rock Pool
When I told the kids we’d be going rock pooling, this is the kind of thing I had in mind:…
Discover What’s In A Pond
It’s a little hard to find some frogspawn without discovering the other things in a pond. All things slimey and…
Find Some Frogspawn
Frogspawn. What can we say about frogspawn. It’s not my favourite activity on the list of 50 things to do before you’re 11 and 3/4, but the kids loved it.…Continue Reading →