You may go on various adventures with the family, and, if you got young kids, perhaps you want to crystallize this time, so they can look back and see what they were like as children and you can remember those fond memories. As such, a memory box is one of those little items that can … Read more
Most of us will have fond memories of our childhood bedrooms. Whether you were sharing with a sibling or you had your own space, your room was your adventure playground away from the boring adultness of the rest of the house where you could play until your heart was content. Now we’re the boring adults, … Read more
I gave Squiggle my favourite childhood toy a while back. It is a cuddly toy called a Popple; I literally slept with that thing every night for years and it is now well over 30 years old. She loves it and took it to music class with her. The teacher confused it with a Wuzzle, … Read more
A UK longitudinal study carried out on over 11, 000 children by the Medical Research Council at the University of Glasgow concluded that: Watching TV for 3 hours or more daily at 5 years predicted increasing conduct problems between the ages of 5 years and 7 years. No effects of TV at 5 years were … Read more
In reality there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ home education week for us; we are interest-led and we tend to go with the flow as we feel this suits our needs. The freedom to do this is one of the many reasons we love home educating. However, this post aims to give a … Read more