Troy Lunt 
We never planned as a family to home educate, we always thought Chloe would do the expected and common thing… go to nursery, go to primary and so on, when Chloe was diagnosed with autism and PDA at the age of 5 we were under the impression she would be given help, but unfortunately due many … Read more
Chalkola kindly offered us some of their brilliant chalk markers to review. We were sent their newly launched pack of 21 markers, which includes 15 colour chalk pens and 6 metallic markers in the set, and also a pack of their chunky 15mm platinum series markers too. These funky chalk pens can be used on any non-porous surface; such … Read more
Introduction ​I’m Alaina, Mama Bear to two small bears: Little Bear who is nearly seven, and Teddy who is four. We live in an average house, in an average community near a small town with Daddy Bear, Kev, who works in an art gallery, and our grumpy cat. How long have you home educated for? … Read more
On Friday we took Squiggle to the athletics track to do some races. This reminded me that I never actually properly wrote up our fantastic sports challenge (100 days of sports) last year! I had started out by doing regular round-up posts about it but then for one reason or another, I decided to just … Read more
Introduction We have one daughter, she’s 7 and has never been to school. Our reasons to home educate are vast but simply put into the facts, we don’t want the national curriculum to limit her love of learning and we don’t want her to be defined by standardised tests. As a family unit she has … Read more
Today I’m having a cuppa with Mrs Mummy Harris. To find out which famous celebrity​ she used to work with, and what she does on her daily commute, then read on… Tell me about yourself… I’m Lianne, Just hit the big 3-0 and mummy to Benjamin who is nearly 8 months. Me and Hubby have … Read more
Today for #100daysofhomeed Squiggle has written a list of 10 maths activities/ resources we use at home. Of course this is not an exhaustive list but it does give some good examples… Pop to the shops 🏦 3d shapes 🔺 Valontines day math 💗💚💐🌹💌 (Note: She is referring to themed subject resources from Twinkl website) Fraction fourmula … Read more
Today for this #100daysofhomeed series I have something abit different from the Q&As so far. The following is a guest post from a lovely lady called Karen, who previously home educated her son before finding a suitable school for him. She is kindly contributing to this series to share her experience and offer words of … Read more
Squiggle has been busy getting creative this week with an art box kindly sent to us by Children’s Art Galleries.​ Children’s Art Galleries is an online space where parents (or carers, educators etc…) can upload photos of their children’s art work to share publicly. This is a brilliant solution if you are looking to save space … Read more