In our house We have a three tier bedtime Edie has her bath Milk with mummy Then stories with Daddy Bea has a bath or shower then stories with Mummy Esther and William have their bath or shower Some ‘special’ … Continue reading
At the start of autumn I made a Gruffalo storytelling basket for Edie It has been used lots and lots By all the children And has rekindled our love of all things Gruffalo Since then I have made a few … Continue reading
This week we have been learning about The Great Plague With the help of a two hour drama workshop With Bindlestick Theatre Company The session started as all good drama lessons do With some warm up activities and games All … Continue reading
Here in Kent We are incredibly lucky To have a large and active home education community Lots of parents invested in their children’s learning Organising meetings, workshops, field trips and visits We are also lucky to have companies Who support … Continue reading
This week we are hosting a two day Growth Mindset workshop For local home education families The first day was inspired by two books The Dot by Peter Reynolds and Your Fantastic Elastic Brain The day began at 11am I … Continue reading
On Thursday we hosted a Home Education Learning Through Play Day Inspired by the book Iggy Peck Architect We had 24 children here with their grown ups For 5 hours of construction themed activities I absolutely loved planning this day … Continue reading
After our recent Gruffalo Hunting expeditions Edie has a new favourite story She LOVES The Gruffalo And can now identify all the animals in the book Including butterfly, dragonfly, kingfisher and woodpecker Edie loves to listen along to the first … Continue reading
We are very lucky to live just 30 minutes from Bedgebury Pinetum This is one of our handful of happy places Somewhere we know well Somewhere we can always find a quiet spot Just us No matter how full the … Continue reading
When our beautiful Edie Mae came along For a moment I thought our family might be complete But after not very long I started to wonder Could we Should we Have one more baby? Edie is now almost 16 months … Continue reading
Today I took Esther and Bea to the theatre The Churchill Theatre in Bromley To see The Gruffalo’s Child A Tall Stories production We LOVE The Gruffalo in our house And have done for the longest time We love the … Continue reading