Taking it easy with Exploring Nature with Children

Taking it easy with Exploring Nature with Children

Habits to stack this June – nature, exercise and good company. Here are a few easy tasks to help you tick those educational boxes too!

Guestpost – How to Plan a Unit Study

Guestpost – How to Plan a Unit Study

Friend of the blog, Daksina shows you how she makes unit studies for her family.

Starting to home educate 2020: Planning for the year ahead

Starting to home educate 2020: Planning for the year ahead

There is only one universal rule when planning. Finding a system that motivates you to action is the tricky bit, but we’ve got your back.

Happy Mothering Sunday you amazing HE mums!

Happy Mothering Sunday you amazing HE mums!

We think home ed mums are amazing for all that they do. This Mothering Sunday we’re making it easy to treat yourself to something beautiful and useful.

Don’t Over Plan the Fun Stuff, (and what to do instead.)

Don’t Over Plan the Fun Stuff, (and what to do instead.)

Over planning things that sound good but you won’t actually do, is a waste of time and makes you feel bad. (Ask me how I know this…) Here’s what I suggest you do instead.

How I Use My Planner for Homeschool Planning

How I Use My Planner for Homeschool Planning

Grab a warm drink or maybe your lunch and take half an hour with Daksina’s video, as she walks you through how she uses her planner for home ed planning.

Rockin’ Home Ed Record Keeping

Rockin’ Home Ed Record Keeping

Whether you’re off of school or just having an off day; whether you’re on holiday or having a season of life where you wish you were, an app could help you sift home ed gold from the day so you can rest secure in the knowledge your time was not lost even if it wasn’t spent to plan.

Home Education Planners 101 Part 3: – 22 useful things to put in a Home Ed Bullet Journal

Home Education Planners 101 Part 3: – 22 useful things to put in a Home Ed Bullet Journal

Having used a general bullet journal since 2014, I started using a separate Home Ed bullet journal 6 months ago. Here I give you 22 ideas for useful things to have in your home ed bullet journal, as well as ways to use it every day.

How I Narrowly Escaped the Analysis Paralysis of Curriculum Shopping (and you can too)

How I Narrowly Escaped the Analysis Paralysis of Curriculum Shopping (and you can too)

As most of you, dear readers, are preparing for a new season of sowing seeds, my advice is to look forward to the harvest! There are many shiny maths and science and history and English curricula, oh so many, and if you feel your brain melting over which will be the best for your child, stop, take a breath, and ask yourself what you hope to harvest.