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Author: Jax Blunt
What does home education look like without a school style timetable?
When people start to home educate they often start to try to reproduce a school day and education broken down into subjects and topics – that’s what we are told education looks like after all. However, it’s not the only way to do it, and for many people it’s very much not the best way…
Not back to school 2025 edition
It’s everywhere isn’t it? Back to school adverts, uniform bundles in the middle of Lidl, discounts on stationery. Some families are absolutely thrilled – some kids are ready for the routine to start up, and want out of the house and to be back with their mates, and maybe schoolwork isn’t their favourite activity, but…
Budget-Friendly Self-Care Inspired by My Favourite Games
Self-care can sometimes feel like a luxury, but what if it didn’t have to be? Surprisingly, some of the best self-care lessons I’ve learned haven’t come from Instagram or a wellness coach. They’ve come from my favourite video and board games. Yup, games. From soothing rituals to slow-paced play, the world of “cosy gaming” has…
Using the summer to deschool
Right about now, there’s a lot of families breathing easy again. The pressure is off. There’s no need to make it to the school gates, in uniform, with all the right things at the right time. And as they breathe, a few families will be starting to wonder why they put themselves through this. Whether…
When home education doesn’t flow
Sometimes it’s hard to write about home education in glowing terms because it feels like I’m not being entirely honest. Not dishonest, just not sharing the difficult bits. Because I’m trying to be an advocate, trying to lift people up, and I can’t imagine that people want to read about sometimes, I’m the one who…
When home education doesn’t flow
Sometimes it’s hard to write about home education in glowing terms because it feels like I’m not being entirely honest. Not dishonest, just not sharing the difficult bits. Because I’m trying to be an advocate, trying to lift people up, and I can’t imagine that people want to read about sometimes, I’m the one who…
How home education looks for us in 2025
I have been home educating, on and off for over 20 years now. That feels like a bit of a milestone that swung by without me even noticing. We’ve made changes over the years, obviously, and home education in 2025 is pretty different to when we got started way back in 2003. Back then, if…
Low demand full time (cheap!) home education
Youngest is now 12. Somewhat demand averse, but will deep dive at the drop of a hat into something they find interesting. Last week we had some time to spare between activities (home ed ninja tag and bowling at the start of the day and computer club at the end) so we wandered the charity…
Sleep adaptations for the autistic family
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a collaborative post. It seems a bit of an oversight that I haven’t talked about sleep much on the blog before, although we’ve had a variety of issues with it over the years as a family. We’re at a fairly good place at the…
Captain Fantastic: The Undersea Monster review and giveaway
I love being approached by authors to share their work, and I particularly like when the book is good for home education. Tommy Balaam at Captain Fantastic is dyslexic, and on a mission to help other people with it. The book we’re reviewing, Captain Fantastic: the Undersea Monster, is a fab colourful cartoon-style book with…
