Secret santa is very popular amongst colleagues in workplaces. I used to partake when I worked in an office, and it can be a nightmare to find a nice enough gift within a set budget. So I’ve rounded up some of the best secret Santa gifts for office co-workers – …
Everyone knows Etsy, right? It’s THE place to go for all things gorgeous, hand-made by creative people around the world. It’s the home of my own shop too, Love Chopsy. Whenever I want something personal, something made and created with love – I head to Etsy. So for this gift …
The older my children get, the more I notice just how impolite and inconsiderate grown ups can be towards them. Well guess what grown ups? Kids deserve respect too! I’m getting more than a little hacked off with what I’m encountering lately. But it’s not new. I’ve been noticing this …
As a home educating family, I am always on the lookout for educational resources. Particularly ones that help us be creative, because when it comes to coming up with kids craft activities I’m surprisingly UNcreative! Please step forward Mrs Mactivity! We found Mrs Mactivity at just about the right time …
I’m sure this may rub many people up the wrong way. Well, two types of people – the Instagram fitness fanatics who are innocent of this, and then the instagram fitness fanatics who “believe” they’re innocent of this. Actually, probably also a third type – the ones who do know …
With the cold dark days of Autumn almost fully in flow, I’m sure like me, you are now needing to keep your kid’s entertained indoors more. I’ve made a list of 30 family board games, suitable for ages 5+, that should keep you all happily entertained for at least an …
When the boy’s were about three, I decided to get a display board for our home ed space. Well, ‘space’ is stretching it a bit, to be fair. We do everything on our dining room table, and we have our home ed board on the wall there. As much as …
When people think about home education, I think they assume that home educators are replicating school at home. If not, then how do the children learn at home? (hint – NOT by replicating school at home!) There are many, many, MANY, every day things that provide a learning opportunity. Almost …
As an introduction to coding, we bought the Clementoni Doc Robot game, and decided to do a review of it for you. I’m really keen for my boys to move with the times, educationally. For me, that means embracing technology and understanding how it works. Coding is huge, and vital …
This September saw the beginning of something huge for us – the official start of our home education journey with the boys! Bit of background to our decision – when the boys were about three months old, I saw a TV show (Loose Women to be precise) where one of …
