Monthly Archives: October 2012

A mini round up

I’m blogging this week now because I won’t have time over the weekend, and I’ve already posted about Monday, so just three days to round up. On Tuesday, I went to Toddler group with Tiddler, leaving Rabbit at home with … Continue reading

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A typical home ed day in pictures

There is no such thing as a typical home ed day, which is one of the things I love about home education, but this is what we did today anyway. Owl and Monkey played with Lego in their bedroom after … Continue reading

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Ups and downs this weekend

I feel like I need a ticker across the top of my blog with the names of those currently ill in our house, just to save time.  It seems that every other blog post I find myself writing that someone … Continue reading

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Hama heaven and the MP who came to tea

I recently ordered some more Hama beads and they arrived before we went away last week, but we didn’t have time to do it until we got back on Friday.  When I opened the parcel, the children were in Hama … Continue reading

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Friday round up – 19th October 2012

Another week has flown by.  Last Saturday, Tiddler went to Dramabuds, Owl went to football and the other two had a quiet morning at home.  I think they have all given up on ballet, for the moment at least, which … Continue reading

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How my children see me meme

I suppose it’s only fair that I should join in, having laughed at appreciated the others so much.  This meme was started here and I was tagged by Merry.  This is what happened when I asked my children to draw … Continue reading

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Support for Home Education

At the beginning of September I was interviewed as a witness by the Select committee on Support for Home Education.  I wrote briefly about the day in this post, but intended to follow up with a more detailed summary of … Continue reading

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Days like this

We all get them from time to time.  Days when nothing seems to go right.  It’s been like that today, though it did get a bit better towards the end.  I’ll spare you the details.  Just the usual kind of … Continue reading

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Friday round up – 12th October 2012

At the end of last week, I thought we were more or less over the sickness bug, though that didn’t turn out to be the case.  On Friday we had another day at home with ill and recovering children, but … Continue reading

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More Twinkling

After I posted my review of Twinkl last night, we have had such a successful day today using some more of the resources that I thought I should write a follow-up post. This morning Monkey played the clock game, matching … Continue reading

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