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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…
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Free and cheap home education resources for learning coding.
Post contains affiliate links. Computer science or coding is one of the subjects that has loads of free and cheap home education resources available. I am pretty lucky when it comes to computing in that I’m an experienced and qualified programmer/ developer and I’ve enjoyed dragging coding into the kids’ lives over the years. We’ve…
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Charity shop science kits – cheap home education resources
Disclosure: contains affiliate links. Easy ways to cut home education costs. One of the criticisms often levelled at home education is the cost of resources, and it’s true that if you shop new for everything, it’s easy to spend a lot. We’re past masters at hunting down bargains though, and we’ve had some fantastic finds…
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Runes of Battle by G.N. Gudgion
Adelais is on the run. And the kingdom of Galmandie has never been more dangerous. In every town square, people whisper of a girl who brought down lightning on her enemies. The king has placed a huge price on Adelais’s head and sent troops to hunt her down. Adelais flees high into the mountains. But…
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Back to making it up
For a variety of reasons, my job as a technical writer at a games studio is coming to an end. I’m on garden leave just now – they’ve picked up my tech, and I’ve a couple weeks to get my act together. I am a little in shock – it all ended very quickly, and…
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Rhythms, routines and 21 rituals.
I’m pretty sure I’ll have talked on this site before about rhythms, and routines, but probably not that much about rituals. That’s because up until this week, they haven’t been a large part of my life. But on Thursday afternoon, browsing the library while Smallest was at art club, I came across Theresa Cheung: 21…
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Charity shop board games – Ingenious, Set and Retsami
I have mentioned regularly on social media how dedicated I am to charity shops. We’re fortunate to have around 10 in relatively easy walking distance, and I visit them a couple of times a week. As well as books and clothing, I look carefully at their games, craft and kids sections. Recently I’ve picked up…
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Etsy gift guide (because every day should be a handmade gift day)
The following post contains affiliate links and is my entry into the Etsy affiliate competition. We’re past the buying window for UK based Mothering Sunday, but it’s always a good time to buy someone a handmade present, no? Check out the Etsy mother’s day gift guide here I’ve recently got into TikTok (I know, I…
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Thingamanose by Lynne Hudson
Reviewed by Tigerboy. It was really funny and I liked the end. Some of the rhyming is really good. I really like the illustrations, I saw new things in them each time I read it. From the blurb THINGAMANOSE is published in a fun and original format, a much longer picture book, that bridges the…
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Mini Monsters Can I Play by Caryl Hart and Tony Neal. #blogtour
Disclosure, I was sent a copy of this book free for review, links may be affiliate depending on whether I have them set up right. First impressions of the book are that it’s bright, cheerful and sturdy. Which is good, as there’s a good chance you’ll be reading this quite a bit. Also, the words…