One of the plus points of being sent items for review is that very often I can work them into our educational plans. So it was great that we were offered a Wild Science Lip Balm Laboratory for Big to take a look at, as there are all sorts of educational experiences in a kit [...]
Talina in the Tower blogtour – interview with author Michelle Lovric
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Big read and reviewed Talina in the Tower (link to be added when she’s pressed publish, sigh!), kindly supplied to us by Orion for that purpose. And then we got to interview the author as part of her blogtour! How fantastic is that? So, Big’s questions first: 1. How do you decide on a storyline? [...]
Home education or domestic servitude?
February 28, 2012 By 10 Comments
One of the reasons given by the labour government for their investigations into home education and proposed legislation about it was to protect children from domestic servitude. I wonder what they’d have thought about the two hour home economics lesson that took place over yesterday and today, and resulted in Big providing tea for the [...]
A brief braces update.
November 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
When do charity requests cross the line?
November 3, 2011 By 18 Comments
Last night Big returned home from Guides with the instruction that they’ve to take £1.50 in next week as they are going to buy Innocent Smoothies and knit hats for them for charity. This confused me on several levels. First of all, it’s not how I understood the campaign to work, and when I looked [...]
Bit of a washout really, with the orthodontic next stage.
June 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Hannibal returns.
June 2, 2011 By 4 Comments
Barely tweeting, mainly living.
May 7, 2011 By 5 Comments
Wake up. Feed Smallest milk before getting out of bed. Potter a bit, put kettle on, breakfast Smallest and snack myself, eventually saunter out for a run. Run 1.5 miles on just under 16 minutes. Home, shower, dress. Somewhere in and amongst put washing in, (nappies, strip sheet of double bed and bedside cot). Dress [...]
Hectic hurried days.
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A quick octopus craft.
April 29, 2011 By 7 Comments
