Jun 7, 2023 | creativity, family, fun, home education, Mums, my journey, parenting, play, wellbeing
Do you have a constant battle with your kids over video games? I know I do. Whilst they’re on them, they’re quiet, parenting is easy and I can get things done. I’m grateful to video games for entertaining my children. Then the guilt hits. They should be outside,...
May 3, 2023 | gratitude, home education, mindfulness, my journey, parenting, play, wellbeing
Forest School has been our lifeline in home education. My son volunteers at one forest school session a week with pre-school children. It’s given him so much more confidence and shown me that he could have a future career in forest school, childcare, or the...
Apr 26, 2023 | career, family, home education, my journey, parenting
When do you work best? I’m a morning person. My best work happens between 9am and 2pm. I get my jobs done in the morning so I can relax and play in the afternoon. The other way round, I spend my morning anxiously going over the things I have to do in the afternoon and...
Mar 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, health, home education, my journey, parenting
It’s was a long battle, but in January we received the news that Oscar will be getting an Educational Health Care Plan. I’m not big on labels, but this feels huge to me. It’s justification that we were right to take him out of school. It’s justification for me to find...
Feb 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, home education, parenting
“I’m not doing enough.” This is the main worry I hear from other home educators. It takes time to adjust your expectations of home education and realise you don’t need to fit in with any school curriculum any more. There’s no need to compare what you’re doing to what...
Jan 18, 2023 | Coaching, family, goals, home education, identity, mindfulness, Mums, parenting, wellbeing
Do you just wish you could have a couple hours to yourself? It’s not much to ask, but those couple of hours can be seemingly impossible to find. And when you do find them? You spend them doing stuff you HAVE to do: getting ahead on meal prep, going food shopping,...
