“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran. This week we have been busy with lots of nature, art and topic work set by the middle two’s school and other projects. It’s been a welcome rest for me from helping out with maths! Our dining room now resembles a classroom full of homeschool creations and I keep…

This is about our 5th week of lockdown here in the UK, I’m losing track of the weeks! I’m sure you’re all feeling the same, in that lockdown has been a bit of a journey both individually and as a whole family. The first week was pretty emotional settling into home school and adjusting to our new normal. As the weeks have gone by, we’re…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran. We worked hard last week at trying to get a balance of home school, life skills and downtime. It’s not been an easy adjustment adding homeschool in again. It’s very true what they say that no child is the same and I have so much respect to teachers. I…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran. After good intentions of carrying on some homeschooling to keep a routine this week we ended up simply enjoying the garden, baking, relaxing and eating too many treats! Although we have kept up with our Joe Wicks PE sessions which I consider a great achievement as we haven’t missed…

Earth Day is a day we as a family haven’t acknowledged until now. I don’t know why we hadn’t thought of marking Earth Day with crafts and activities for our kids before. Every April 22nd since 1970 Earth Day has been celebrated. The main aim of Earth day is to raise awareness on the negative impact our actions have on our environment and the earth…

We’re currently in the middle of social distancing / lockdown here in the UK. I’m now cooking, cleaning, working on my blog and having to homeschool 4 children! This is a lot of hats to have to wear and as my husband is a key worker I need some help so we can still have fun in our days. I wrote a post last year…