Are you homeschooling your kids? Are you thinking about the advantages of homeschool? Have you wondered what homeschooling children actually think about it? There are lots of articles about why parents love it, but I have not seen many from a children’s perspective. I have asked a number of children why they love homeschooling, and…
Even if like us you have been homeschooling for years. Getting the right homeschool supplies prior to the year starting is essential. You don’t want the first day of homeschool to begin and not be prepared. It’ll just throw you off, and you don’t want that. I mean the kids will probably love not being…
Although we homeschool year round, in the summer months I always think about new homeschool room ideas to see if we can improve our setup. We currently have a desk in Freddie’s bedroom and utilize the kitchen table! There is absolutely no requirement to have an office if you home educate as this can be…
Freddie is a very bright and social child, so why have we chosen to homeschool? Why homeschool? We have considered this for a number of years. But have always believed that children will learn more at school, both socially and educationally. Our preference actually would have been a private school, but as money is an…
If you are looking for some awesome thank you teacher gifts you are in the right place. I will share the top teacher gifts that they will love this year. Thank you teacher for looking after my very lively child over the last year! Even though we homeschool, we still buy thank you teacher gifts…
We have had the pleasure of interviewing the amazingly talented Jim Smith. The author of the Barry Loser books. Freddie has been reading them for a while and has read every one of his books now. Keep reading to see what Jim Smith does to my face!!! Some might think it is an improvement!! Barry…
In my opinion, every child should be allowed to trampoline as often as they can. As there are so many trampoline benefits. We purchased our trampoline back in 2015 (when Freddie was 5) and I have to say it was the best gift we have ever purchased. The reason we got a trampoline in the…
We love Easter in this household and will have endless Easter Egg Hunts with friends over the coming weeks. As boys are so hard to buy for I wanted to create an Easter gift for boys list so you don’t have to worry about it. However, we have a small problem, that I am sure…
We absolutely love board games and these are the best board games for 8 year olds. As we homeschool, board games have become one of our favorite activities. They are not only fun, but they are educational as well. Pretty much every board game we have listed has at least some educational value. If you…
How to make a holiday scrapbook with children. A couple of years ago we took Freddie out of school to have a fun trip in America, visiting New York, Naples, and Florida. At the time he was only 6 years old, so we spoke to the school who didn’t fine us but asked if Freddie…
We love subscription boxes and have been getting them for years. We tend to take it in turns, one month it will be for me, the next month Stuart, and the next Freddie. So we really know all of the best subscription boxes UK. This post is updated regularly as this is a very quick…
It is half term here and we have been mining for gold and diamonds with Mine It! Freddie has always loved blind bags with the excitement of what he is going to get. However, this is so much more fun. As soon as Freddie had seen these advertised on TV he couldn’t wait to mine….
Driving experience for 8 year old kids with Young Drivers!! Freddie has had his first kids driving lesson…… Yes, I know he is only 8 years old. I had heard of children learning to drive before 17 and having taster sessions as my stepson drove a Lamborghini when he was 13. But 8!! I never…
Freddie has always loved doing puzzles from a really early age, starting of course with the massive floor puzzles. But this Ravensburger 3D puzzle was something we had not come across before. I was aware of the big 3D puzzle that adults make but I have not seen one that was suitable for children, and…
As you may already know we absolutely love board games to play as a family and Bang On game from Drumond Park is right down our street! We are all very competitive in nature and love nothing more than winning! Bang On game is unlike anything we have come across. We absolutely loved the idea…