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Letter Writing for Kids – A Great Way to Get Them Writing

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Child writing a letter

When I was a teenager, I was always writing letters. Before we had smart phones, when landline calls were still really expensive, writing letters was a way of talking to our friends when we weren’t with them, even if we often ended up giving the recipient our letters in a person and sitting quietly while […]

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How to Make Sun Catchers with PVA Glue and Food Colouring

Written by Josie

The stages of making the sun catchers

Since we bought a bumper pack of food colouring from Amazon, I’ve been surprised how many things we’ve used it for that are totally unrelated to baking! These sun catchers are made by painting on wet glue with food colouring. You could make these pretty marbled sun catchers with liquid water colours too however food […]

Filed Under: Process Art

Football Themed Learning Resources

Written by Josie

Football themed learning resources

We all know that kids learn best when they are engaged. Unfortunately, getting them engaged with their least favourite subjects is easier said than done. With children, having their work themed to something they are interested in can make a big difference to how they engage with education. I’ve previously written about the Minecraft themed […]

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Squeegee Painting – An Easy Process Art to do with Kids

Written by Josie

Squeegee painting

We love trying out new methods of getting colours on to paper and so were exited to try out squeegee painting. I initially thought I’d have to buy some squeegees to do this but then Boy Child pointed out that we have squeegees in the car for clearing our windows. We brought them in and […]

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Minecraft Learning Resources

Written by Josie

Learning with minecraft

I don’t know about your kids, but mine absolutely love Minecraft.  I’ve been allowing them some extra screen time lately and almost all of it is spent on Minecraft. I’m really pleased about this because if they’re on Minecraft, I feel like they are doing something worthwhile and it can be great as part of home […]

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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