When people talk about children, I regularly hear them refer to the associated parental responsibility. It’s often spoken of in the same way as a mortgage or job:…
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There’s a new family hobby in our house: a popular wooden stacking rainbow. We cannot get enough of Grimms wooden toys, the beautiful pastel rainbow in particular; finding…
If you watch/ed BBC 1 this morning at 8.10am, you’ll see/have seen me talking about why we’re planning to send our daughter back to school on June 1st.…
This is such a bewildering time. And if it’s disconcerting and worrying for us, then it must be quite frightening for our children. Naturally it’s our job to…
At this incredibly unique and difficult time, one small ray of sunshine we’ve had is exactly that: the glorious weather we’ve had since lockdown began. I’ve never been…
I’m a diehard introvert with social anxiety. I dread half-term as it approaches, but the six week holiday is in a league all of its own – the…
Is it even lockdown if you’re not in the kitchen with the kids, baking without eggs?! I’d promised the girls we’d have a go at a cheese and…
If you’d asked me a month ago if I’d ever consider homeschooling I would probably have choked on my coffee. Yet here we are. One of the greatest…
Have you heard of Forest School? I hadn’t until more recently, but it’s definitely having a moment. Today I’m reviewing a book dedicated to forest school theory and…