Children in Middlesbrough are being encouraged to explore the town’s most popular stories with new reading logs and the chance to win an iPad mini. Note, most of what follows is a press release, which is why it doesn’t read like one of my blog posts. However, I’m sharing it because when I followed it […]
Middlesbrough children encouraged to read with chance to win iPad mini. Confirmed open to home educators.
March 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The purpose of this blog
December 1, 2018 By 2 Comments
Lands of make believe
November 2, 2018 By 1 Comment
Contemplating home education styles, with a Teach My Preschooler kit review.
November 23, 2016 By 3 Comments
The Petie Schole by Francis Clement
June 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Published in 1587, The Petie Schole by Francis Clement claims to contain “a method to enable both a childe yup reade perfectly within one moneth, & also the unperfect to write English aright” Having read most of this last night, I’m not sure I’d say it was a truly complete method, but I’ll be giving […]
Not starting school.
August 28, 2014 By 3 Comments
Some days are diamond, some days are stone
May 6, 2014 By 12 Comments
Saturday snippets 26 May 2012
May 26, 2012 By 4 Comments
{reading} Carole Matthews: Summer Daydreams, and ico guidelines on cookies. {listening} how to lose your baby fat, thinking slimmer (review). {failing} with cloth nappies (how many changes of clothes today??) {succeeding} with running, fifth run, another 0.83 miles notched up. {watching} fantastic Mr fox (and thinking seriously odd film). {starting} bedroom excavation. {sewing} still sewing! […]
