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Dinosaur Train app review
Recently I was very pleased to be offered a chance to do a review of the Dinosaur Train Paint and Match app. From Kuato Studios Based on the Jim Henson TV Series, Tigerboy recognised it immediately and got stuck in straight away. There are 24 pictures of Buddy the dinosaur and his friends to colour…
Autistic burnout/ regression/ inertia – it's not just me.
A few weeks ago on twitter, I put out the following tweet https://twitter.com/liveotherwise/status/851124884432465920 [Text reads: Looking for resources on autistic inertia, burnout, regression particularly with reference to late diagnosis. Grateful for RTs.] It’s my top tweet of the month, with hundreds of interactions. It turns out that the symptoms I have been feeling and struggling…
The Woman Who Met Her Match – Fiona Gibson.
What if your first love came back on the scene . . . 30 years later? After yet another disaster, Lorrie is calling time on online dating. She might be single in her forties, but she’s got a good job, wonderful children and she’s happy. This, Lorrie decides, is going to have to be enough.…
Binge learning.
People often ask how home educated children learn to read, and the answer is in as many different ways as there are children learning. Let me tell you about Tigerboy this week to demonstrate why I think that. Tigerboy lives in a house (over) filled with books. He has free access to a wide number…
Harper and the Night Forest – review and giveaway.
There’s a book for everyone that they remember from when they start to read, I think. For Smallest it looks like it’s going to be Harper. We’ve had the first Harper book on our shelves for a couple of years, and she’s been completely uninterested, despite the shiny silver cover and the lovely pictures. It…
Fingerlings – win your own interactive toy monkey.
As far as my kids are concerned, the best bit about me blogging is that every now and then fun stuff arrives in the post. Given that the Fingerling arrived the day after Smallest had to have a tooth extracted (there’s a fab way to feel like a failed parent if ever there was one).…
How to throw a We're going on a Bear Hunt movie party
As I’m sure you’ll remember, last week we watched We’re going on a Bear Hunt the DVD, and then had a twitter party with UKMumsTV. The party was great fun, so I thought I’d share the activities we did, in case anyone fancies having a bear hunt party of their own 🙂 Party tip no…
100 ways to home educate – guest post Tammie Griffiths from Aspire Chaos to Calm
As yesterday’s blog on different ways to home educate was on fb, I’m reposting it here (with explicit permission!) so that it can be easily found as part of the blog hop 🙂 You can find Tammie on facebook or twitter https://www.facebook.com/AspireWembley/videos/1283535651734573/ It was when i was carrying my eldest E almost 13 years ago…
We're Going on a Bear Hunt – DVD review and party announcement.
This Thursday, I’m helping host a We’re Going on a Bear Hunt twitter party. There will be tweeting, from UKMumsTV and if you want to find out more about it all, just click on the party button above. I’m guessing that most of my readers are already familiar with We’re Going on a Bear Hunt…
BeInspired – my watercolour challenge with Cass Art.
A little while before Christmas, I received a very exciting parcel. The very lovely people at Cass Art had invited me to be part of their BeInspired art challenge, and to help me get started, sent me a parcel of watercolour stuff to explore. And what stuff. Anyone who follows me on instagram (and if…
