Growth will happen “In essence, the story of neural healing is also the story of learning.” Smart Moves, by Carla Hannaford. “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” Matthew 22:39 We’re planting a woodland! More on this later. But as I prepare the land, and as I have been winter pruning my apple trees the […]
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Labelling children One of the main reasons I started writing my blog was to share assurance with other parents that find themselves in similar situations as we have. This is an effort to encourage other parents like us to trust their intuition. It took a decade of working around the school system to realise that
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Religious and Moral education I continue my journey exploring how to move forward with my children’s homeschooling education. I’m interested in learning about education and how we arrived here with the system we have. I am curious about our education system, the accepted expectations in our society around this topic, and decisions parents and families
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Jordan Peterson I am a Jordan Peterson fan. I mean, not as much as Martha Argerich, but I have appreciated his content for years. He is a psychologist, author and online content creator. I find him to have very good, compassionate logic on most topics (I can’t agree with everything he says, I’m not a
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Balancing internet in education. A world of screen based life Schools are resorting increasingly to screen based learning – internet in education. I’m afraid this is blog post is perhaps not a barrel of laughs today. But I feel someone needs to say something, and it’s clear to me that parents and families are the
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Joy and interest, with children in the garden Will it grow? Gardening is such a joy, especially with children in the garden, and there is so much patience required for it. We sow the seeds, my children and I, and we look at the pot a minute later, – it is unchanged?! When will this
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