Sep 20, 2023 | family, home education, imposter syndrome, Mums, my journey, parenting, play
“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...
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 31, 2023 | Coaching, creativity, fun, goals, play, wellbeing
What do you do for fun? If you find that hard to answer, you’re not alone. How many of these ideas could you tick off today to inject some play more into your day? 🐯Dance manically round the kitchen while the kettle boils 🦄Pretend to be a rockstar when...
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 19, 2023 | Coaching, exercise, family, fun, goals, Mums, my journey, parenting, play, reflections
What are you most looking forward to this summer? In December I had the pleasure of joining Claudia Geratz MSc for her Bye Bye 2022 reflection webinar. It made me realise just how many of my joyful memories of last year came from swimming. 🌊 A full moon...
Mar 29, 2023 | creativity, exercise, fun, goals, identity, mindfulness, parenting, play, wellbeing
✅Someone you trust has taken your kids away for the weekend ✅You’re away from home, perhaps somewhere in nature, so there’s no cleaning or DIY niggling at you ✅You don’t have your phone or laptop or internet, so you can’t work – plus you’re...
