Posts Tagged ‘children’

How to pack a healthy packed lunch

Little Miss Green asked me for a packed lunch this week. She told me she wanted to pretend she was going to school and I had to pack her a lunch! There have  been some alarming reports in the press recently about the lack of healthy options in children’s packed lunches. According to the BBC,…

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How has your day been?

This month’s theme for the Carnival of Natural Parenting is “Role model” We’ve been asked how our style of natural parenting has inspired someone else. I found this hard to write because it can sound as if you’re being arrogant. But it is wonderful when you see a friend have a lightbulb moment because of…

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Real nappies for dolls!

Oh me oh my. How I wish I were 5 again. But then again, perhaps I’ll just let my inner child out to play instead. While searching on the web I came across real cloth nappies for dolls courtesy of Tots Bots!

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Potato council potatoes for schools – home education resources

One of the most frequent questions when people know we home educate is about resources. What resources are out there? What support do you have? What things can you get access to? I have to admit, it takes a bit of searching around and word of mouth recommendations initially, but there are some great resources…

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Planting potatoes!

It’s not too late to plant potatoes, but many people will have them in already. We tend to run a few weeks behind everyone else over here – we have heavy clay soil which gets waterlogged. The upside is that after everyone else has finished their harvest, we are still enjoying ours!

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