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Homeschooling and School

Supporting your children through their education can be one of the trickier parts of parenting older children. We’ve all forgotten much of what we learnt at school and teaching methods have changed pretty drastically.

In this section you’ll find posts about helping your child if they are struggling, supporting reluctant readers and some great tips on learning times tables.

You'll also find information and advice homeschooling as we chose to home educate one of our children.

How to Have a Family Sports Day at Home

Written by Josie

Family sports day

While I myself was never a big fan of sports day when I was at school, both of my kids love it. As my husband is a big fan too, I thought we’d have a go at running a family sports day at home. It was a great way to entertain the kids and is […]

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50 Life Skills to Teach Your Children

Written by Josie

Life skills to teach primary school children

When I was a careers adviser, I did a course on careers education where we were set an exercise to try and fit careers education into the curriculum alongside all of the other statutory stuff schools have to teach. It really made me realise how little time schools have to fit in the practical life […]

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Educational Kids TV You Can Let Them Binge Watch Guilt Free

Written by Josie

Educational TV for kids

If you’re stuck at home with the kids, and you’ve run out of energy for craft, baking, messy play and board games, here is a list of educational kids TV you can let them binge watch (mum) guilt free. I’ve tried to stick to shows that are currently available but things can change. I’ve updated […]

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Getting Primary School Homework Done Without Tears

Written by Josie

Primary school homework

As regular readers will know, our son was a summer baby and started school shortly after he turned 4. This has meant that school has been a struggle for him and homework is no exception to that. In the early primary years, and the start of juniors in particular, homework would result in tears almost […]

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Does my Child Need a Tutor? Helping a Struggling Child

Written by Josie

Child being tutored

When I was growing up, I didn’t know anyone who had a private tutor. In the eighties, tutoring was reserved for well off families who were pushing their children to excel. In contrast, lots of my children’s friends have tutors and I eventually found myself asking, does my child need a tutor? Reasons Your Child […]

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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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