Talitha’s been trying out and thoroughly enjoying a levelled book subscription service called Reading Chest. The idea is that your child receives books in the post and when they finished reading them, they put them in supplied envelopes and...
We’ve just finished a happy romp through the wonderfully bizarre world of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Having realised from page one that this chapter book was going to be a hit, I gathered a few ideas for activities...
Life outdoors We’ve chosen to home educate partly because we want our kids to spend their short childhoods outdoors. I have to say, though, that it’s easy to feel convinced about this in the middle of summer and quite another when the...
I first came across indie publisher Mother’s Milk Books a few years ago, both through La Leche League (the breastfeeding charity that has been a source of strength, support and community to me since becoming a mother) and through chatting...
At thirty-three weeks pregnant, the countdown has begun. Laurence asked me yesterday if we're in the third trimester yet. I pray he was joking. At any rate, I'm determined to make the most of these next seven (or five or nine or God alone knows how...
Today I'm over at WAHM-BAM with a guest post I've written for Tasha Goddard's Book Week.
I have an ongoing battle in my mind over what I should read and what I do. It's probably a hang up from my days as an English Literature undergrad. By the time I was on to my Masters, I was rather comfortable with my new philosophy that although...