Why We’ve Made The Decision To Home School / Educate
So for those who regularly read my blog or follow me on social media you might have seen me mentioning the home education groups we have been going to so I thought it was about time I wrote a full blog...
View ArticleHomeschooling – How Do Children Socialise?
One of the most common questions I get asked about homeschooling / educating is how the children will socialise. Of course I can’t speak for everyone on this as the way in which people choose to home...
View ArticleA Home Education Update, 8 Months In
We made the decision to home educate the kids back in March, you can read more about our reasons here – Why We Made The Decision To Home Educate, which means we have been home schoolers for about eight...
View ArticleWays To Make Family Holidays Educational, And Fun!
For a lot of families going on holiday is a chance to relax, have fun and escape from every day life. It might not necessarily be a time that is thought of as educational but as we are homeschooling...
View ArticleHome Education Struggles And An Important Realisation
This was going to be my next homeschooling update but I’ve actually decided to follow with that as this post has ended up being longer than I expected. January is never my favourite month but the one...
View ArticleLearning About Flood Warnings
We were living in Somerset when there were those terrible floods a couple of years ago, we weren’t directly affected as they were about half an hour away from us but seeing the damage they caused was...
View ArticlePlanting Seeds For The 1st Time
I’ve always loved the idea of growing vegetables but have never really known where to start. I bought a book on growing vegetables in your garden but all the talk of PH levels of your soil completely...
View ArticleHandwriting Practice When You’re Homeschooling
I feel like I haven’t written about homeschooling for ages. I was going to do an update in September as it marked the start of our 3rd year but I didn’t get around to it in the end, story of my life! I...
View ArticleEssential Tech For Homeschooling
The notion of homeschooling conjures images of sitting around the kitchen table, texts and exercise books at the ready, like something straight out of Little House on the Prairie. In truth, that is...
View ArticleSome Useful Tools For Home Educating
This September will be the start of our 4th year of homeschooling which is pretty crazy! As I always say to people, the fact we have done it from day one means we don’t know any different and home...
View ArticleHow To Make Homeschooling A Breeze
Many of us have been thrown into homeschooling for the first time over the last 15 weeks. While many people homeschool very successfully and even love it, it might not have been something that you had...
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