Highchair Games
If you're home-educating siblings, keeping little ones occupied while homeschooling big ones can be tricky. Activities that can be done at a table or in a highchair make little ones…
Painting with Toddlers
Home-educating with younger siblings around can be complicated! It can be tricky keeping little ones occupied while teaching siblings, or explaining to toddlers why they need to leave their siblings…
Lego as a Teaching Tool for Home-Ed
For home-educators, the ways to use Lego in homeschool lessons are limitless. Lego can be used to teach a wide range of skills, can be used with all age groups,…
Home-Ed Poetry
Reading poetry is a fantastic way for pupils to develop reading-aloud skills and reading fluency. As an additional benefit to the home educator, lots of poems are short, making it…
How many strings does a piano have?
'I'm not sure - let's find out' Using a kid's questions to drive lessons is an easy way to get them engaged with learning. There's no such thing as a…
Music in a Home-Ed Classroom
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do harm to the world. Voltaire Music is a powerful resource for home-educators. Music can be taught as…
How to use homeschooler’s questions to plan lessons
Google the questions homeschoolers ask! It takes seconds and can send them (and you) down rabbit holes of learning. Learning how to research traditionally, using reference books and talking to…
The Bayeux Tapestry and Reading Museum
I stumbled across Reading Museum when googling Bayeux Tapestry resources. The depth of information provided makes the exhibits in the online museum perhaps more accessible than a visit to the…
Gardening as part of a curriculum
Practical studies are a great way to get children excited about a subject. Gardening is a brilliant subject to include in a homeschool - it gets everyone outside, curriculum topics…
Visiting Museums from Home
Museums provide fantastic online resources for learning, whether it's taking a virtual school trip or using the museum's resources to create and support home-ed lessons. Thanks to a proactive move…
