We absolutely LOVE Christmas in this house, so much so we start decorating the house the weekend after Halloween. All of our birthdays fall between Thanksgiving and New Year so it is our favorite time of the year. I thought I would share our favorite Christmas countdown ideas that we have been doing over the…
Have fun with middle school math. Yes honestly, it really is possible and I will show you how. Full disclosure though, we really enjoy math! We actually look forward to it, BUT, we don’t just sit there and do workbooks and online study! Even in middle school! A lot of the reason people struggle with…
We just love playing board games any time of the year, but these Christmas board games will definitely put you all in the Christmas spirit. You will for sure find the perfect game (or two!) for your family. Christmas board games combine two of my favorite things, Christmas and FUN! We put up all of…
We absolutely love playing games in our homeschool, however, as we are a homeschool of one I thought I would share with you our favorite one player games. We normally play together either as a family or just the two of us if Stuart is working. You will find over 40 of our favorite educational…
Boys can be so hard to buy for and tweens and teenagers in my experience just grunt rather than actually articulate what they might want! So I got together Freddie with some of his friends and said if you could have 100 gifts what would you want! I did say that this was a wish…
Black Friday is nearly here!! I am so excited, I tend to buy all of our homeschool curriculum and supplies either in June or in November, Mainly as I love the sales! I have scoured the internet to find the BEST Homeschool Black Friday Deals for kids I can so I can share them with…
Although we homeschool, there is no reason we shouldn’t have fun on the holidays. I have put together our favorite Valentines Day activities, which include lesson plans, books, and fun activities. These Valentines Day fun activities are not just educational though, I have included Valentine’s arts and crafts and lots of fun. We generally celebrate…
Whether your boy loves all things Valentines Day or like mine can’t wait for it to be over, here are our top Valentines Day gifts for boys (as hate it or not they still expect a present!!). As it has just been Christmas all of the gifts included in this list are under $20, and…
If you are looking for something super cute and fun to do, you are going to love this free Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt. It was written with kids in mind, but I suppose you could have fun with your significant other too! We love scavenger hunts here and we pretty much do one for every…
I have recently come across a new, and fun, way to learn Spanish in your homeschool. Watching TV. I mean how cool is that, when I told Freddie he honestly thought there was a catch. Keep reading for my honest Lingopie review. Ok, well there was a small catch! He had to watch TV in…
We absolutely love treasure hunts in this house, so I thought I would share with you our latest FREE Thanksgiving scavenger hunt printables. Here are some of the other treasure hunts we have created for you (all for FREE) Scavenger hunt for Christmas Elf on the Shelf Scavenger hunt Halloween treasure hunt Valentine’s Day Scavenger…
Since having Freddie we made the decision that New Year’s Eve is a celebration we wanted to have as a family. So for the last 11 years, we have had the BEST fun at home (or at friends’ homes) celebrating New Years Eve with kids. If you are looking for the best way to bring…
With subscription box companies coming and going as regularly as I have hot dinners I wanted to share with you the BEST SUBSCRIPTION BOX FOR TWEENS in 2022. Although these are of course unisex and suitable for both boys and girls I haven’t included the “girly ” subscription boxes in this list. There are so…
The very reason we wanted to homeschool in the first place was to give Freddie the absolutely BEST options when it came to college/university. We knew he would thrive at homeschool, and now that we live in the USA, choosing a college will be here before we know it! Homeschooling in the UK and America…
We homeschool all year round, however, when it comes to fun holidays, we put away the core curriculum and do fun educational holiday activities instead. This post will be constantly added to as we create new content. But if there is a holiday we haven’t covered that you want us to do please leave me…