Home Ed Diary: September ’22
An overview of our home education activities during September
Category: Home Education
Home Education Plans for April
Well, nobody actually believed I’d show up every single month on here did they? Alright, I had planned to but you know how it goes. It’s New Year, then January, then April! I would...
Home Education Plan: Core Subjects for January
As I said in yesterday’s post I’m planning to be a little more structured with the boys’ education this year. We’ve tried all kinds of different schedules, timetables, planners… nothing has worked properly so...
Invitation to play: number recognition to 20
This is a really quick post about today’s invitation to play. I prepared this for my car-mad three year old and I think it’ll be one we revisit a fair few times until we...
Educational Resource Review: Hape Flexistix Eiffel Tower
*Sent for review* When I’m looking at activities for the boys to do, my first thought is often whether or not it’s educational. There no denying that Hape’s Flexistix meet that criteria so I...
Invitation to play: home made paint
My big plan was to have my two year old make paint with me today, but as it happens I’m his minion and that’s my job. He simply would like to play with the...
Planning for the John Muir Award
The boys used to attend a forest school where they were working towards something called the John Muir Award. They weren’t able to complete the award as we had to stop attending the forest...
Home Education Resource: Pawprint Badge Challenges
We recently discovered a website that I think will be invaluable for the boys, particularly the younger two. Pawprint Badges is an organisation that supports teachers, group leaders and parents with free-to-download resource packs...
Review: Learning Resources Botley the coding robot
Everywhere I turn these days I see new toys popping up on the market. It’s the time of year when everyone is competing to be the must-have toy. Sometimes I look at what’s on...
Roald Dahl Day: The BFG Project
The BFG is our favourite Roald Dahl story, so for Roald Dahl Day this year we decided to do a few related activities to mark the occasion. We have read the book so we...