Recently we were offered a subscription to Reading Eggs to review. Smallest liked it. A lot. I’ve been meaning to blog about it and as usual haven’t got a round tuit, and the subscription has expired. This is a Bad Thing. There is little more upsetting that a disappointed toddler. And when she tries to [...]
Planning early education with help from Baker Ross and Random House children’s books.
May 8, 2012 By 7 Comments
Book related rant – is Harry Potter really all that?
January 6, 2012 By 22 Comments
I’ve just, courtesy of twitter, come across the latest words of wisdom from a politician on reading. The headline is All children should read Harry Potter books by 11, says minister The actual quote is “By the end of primary school, all children should be able to read and enjoy books like Harry Potter. But [...]
For today’s home education activity: punctuation resources.
August 31, 2011 By 2 Comments
we shall mostly be studying punctuation. Skillswise on BBC have a good factsheet explaining commas And then I’ve found a KS2 Bitesize activity to explore what’s been learnt. [Edited to remove flash game but add in link to relevant place - hadn't realised it was making my blog play music, so sorry!] Hoping that will [...]
Learning to read, take three.
May 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
What with the whole home education thing, I’ve been very involved in the learning to read process for both of my older children. I think I’ve learnt something from that experience. Point 1 – there is no one way that suits all children. I know about the current educational vogue for synthetic phonics, and I [...]
Back to school.
January 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Quick round up.
December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While soa is happy in her bouncy chair. She’s increasingly awake and alert during the day, and also increasingly happy to be separated from me for more than a minute at a time. It’s not many minutes though, so I’m typing rapidly! Can’t remember when I last blogged properly about the older children (odd thing [...]
A tale of two children.
November 5, 2009 By 8 Comments
My children are very similar, and very different. I’m often accused of cloning, which I find amusing now that they are growing up – Big’s hair has darkened and her blue eyes are now brown. Small is still blond and blue eyed, but they are so very obviously brother and sister. Stick their half sibling [...]
Still trying hard.
October 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
Never off duty
October 26, 2009 By 6 Comments
