Road Safety Awareness Game & Resources
Next week is Road Safety Awareness week, and like all responsible parents (Ahem!), it’s a topic of learning that I take very seriously. I realized recently that while my children…Continue Reading →
5 Websites To Keep Older Kids Busy While You Home Ed Younger Siblings
One of the first questions people ask me about home education or homeschooling my children is how I manage to…
Girls Who Climb Trees
I watched you the other day, sitting high up in a tree, watching the world go by. Actually, high up…
Learning About the Hindu Festival Of Diwali
I can’t claim to have grown up with much awareness of religious diversity, and I can’t claim to be one way better or worse off for it, but I do…Continue Reading →
Tree Detectives’ Handbook For Tree Identification
Over the summer we bought a wonderful little book called the Tree Detectives’ Handbook with which the children are able to…
Learning About Feelings And Emotions
Our first ‘theme’ for the new academic year – such as it is for those of us who learn at…
Exploring Feelings In Different Places
We’re nearing the end of our Feelings and Emotions activities, and this particular activity took some planning and a bit of driving around. You can adapt it to what’s local…Continue Reading →
Paper Plate Feelings Charades
On the theme of Feelings and Emotions, a fun, easy and cheap game to put together for the kids is…
Halloween and Day of the Dead Mosaic Crafts
It’s almost Halloween, which is kind of amusing because we don’t really ‘celebrate’ Halloween. Or Samhain. Or Day of the…
Face & Feelings Matching Game
I have a whole drawer full of printed games and puzzles and activities that I can pull out whenever we need something to change the narrative on our day. One…Continue Reading →