Category: Home Education
Gardening – It’s Like Watching Water Boil, But More Exciting
| May 10, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Food, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Raising Conscious Children |
I’m so glad I decided to plant the sunflower seeds the same day as the tomato plants, because for days and days nothing happened. We opened the growing thingy each day to find nothing, except one random weed that popped it’s head out. I was beginning to think the Heinz Grow Your Own tomato plants…
Getting Into Gardening
| May 5, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 1 - 2, 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Playful Parenting, Projects, Raising Conscious Children |
For the last two years, I have had the worst luck with my garden. What pregnancy didn’t take out of me, sickness and a newborn did, and then, to top it off it rained so much last year that even my mint died. Do you have any idea how hard it is to kill mint?…
Free And Almost Free Resources For Outdoor Activities In The UK
| March 8, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, By Age, Discovering Nature, Home Education, Incidental Learning, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Reading and Resources |
I know in this weather I’d much rather be snuggled up under a sofa reading a book than stomping around cold and damp countryside with a baby and toddler in tow – or more realistically, chasing down a toddler while the baby and I try to keep up. Unfortunately, however, my children aren’t game for…
Bought Busy Bags: Brilliant Busy Bag Activity Books
| March 7, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Home Education, Rainy Day Activities |
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This is part seven in a series on busy bags. For more information on what busy bags are, and for some ideas on bought contents for easy busy bags and more handmade ideas, read past posts in the series.
Busy Bag For Bath Time: Shaving Foam Painting
| February 28, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 0 - 1, 1 - 2, 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Colours, Creative Development, Home Education, Projects, Rainy Day Activities |
This is part six in a series on busy bags. For more information on what busy bags are, and for some ideas on bought contents for easy busy bags and more handmade ideas, read past posts in the series.
Busy Bag: Memory Game
| February 21, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Cognitive Skills, Home Education, Physical Development, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy |
This is part five in a series on busy bags. For more information on what busy bags are, and for some ideas on bought contents for easy busy bags and more handmade ideas, read past posts in the series.
Busy Bags: Threading And Lacing
| February 14, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Hand-Eye Coordination, Home Education, Physical Development |
This is part four in a series on busy bags. For more information on what busy bags are, and for some ideas on bought contents for easy busy bags and more handmade ideas, read past posts in the series.
Busy Bags: Colour Matching With Pegs
| February 7, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Colours, Communication, Language and Literacy, Home Education, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy |
Part three in a series on busy bags, this post brings you the first of our hand made busy bags. For more information on what busy bags are, and for some ideas on bought contents for easy busy bags, read past posts in the series.
Bought Busy Bag Ideas
| January 31, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under 2 - 3 years, 3 - 4 years, Busy Bags, By Age, Colours, Fine Motor Skills, Hand-Eye Coordination, Home Education, Physical Development |
This is the second in a series of posts on Busy Bags, toddler activity bags. In The Low Down On Busy Bags, I share what they are, how they work and how we store them.
The Low Down On Busy Bags
| January 24, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Busy Bags, Incidental Learning, Projects |
I hate jumping on a bandwagon, and if you’re on Pinterest you’d be forgiven for thinking the whole world does Busy Bags, or Toddler Activity Bags. In a chat on Facebook today, however, it turns out that’s not the case, and in fact there are many mothers that don’t even know about them yet. Colour…
I hate jumping on a bandwagon, and if you’re on Pinterest you’d be forgiven for thinking the whole world does Busy Bags, or Toddler Activity Bags. In a chat on Facebook today, however, it turns out that’s not the case, and in fact there are many mothers that don’t even know about them yet. Colour me pleasantly surprised!
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