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in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun

Building a Bear Lair

11 Sep

We decided to make an under table bear lair. We have the school bear home to visit so we thought we would take the opportunity to help him feel at home. Here’s how we did it…

Outdoor Alphabet Hunt

in Outdoor Fun

Outdoor Alphabet Hunt

11 Sep

We decided to go on an alphabet hunt & create our own ABC photo log. We made some letters on a note book and used an iPhone to take our photos and add our text with a simple app. Here’s some of the letters we found…

in Parenting Realities

999 What’s Your Emergency? (Life Saving Activity for Kids)

27 Feb

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS KETCHUP, NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED IN THE PROCESS OF THIS ACTIVITY** We decided to have a little role play fun & teach the kids how to call for help if ever they needed to. It was gory and fun and valuable lessons were learnt.’ Here’s what we did…

in Themed Days

St Patrick’s Day, An Irish Themed Day

25 Feb

We decided to celebrate St Patricks day by learning all about Ireland…. Here’s how we did it…. We used empty baby food jars to make our St Patricks Day treats. We simply filled with Rolos & Skittles (gold & rainbow) & topped with marshmallows (a cloud)…. You could replace the skittles with smarties & serve as a bedtime treat with… View Post

in Embrace Imagination

Fridge Facts

7 Jan

Sometimes children learn without even realising it, relying on the fact that the brain is like a sponge I wanted to try & input some knowledge into them & in a fun & not overly obvious way…. My resolution for this year is to teach my children a new fact every single day. I am achieving this with the introduction… View Post

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🪵🔠🔡🔢🌈 We made some wood slices out 🪵🔠🔡🔢🌈 We made some wood slices out of a branch and used permanent marker pens and paint to make some alphabet, letters, first words and colour counters. 
The children helped to cut them using a chop saw and sanded them before decorating 🥽 🪚
When you start your day as Miss Honey & turn into When you start your day as Miss Honey & turn into Miss Trunchable...

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Here’s to another day of homeschooling, we’ve got this 🙌👩‍🏫🍯
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Feeling a bit me’h today so I’ve cheered myself up by booking a spring date for our wedding...it’s only taken 8 children, around 30 years and a church to get around to doing it 😁

And as it’s going to be a lockdown affair we’ve chosen the spring given the abundance of flowers in the churchyard that we’ll get to enjoy our day surrounded by 🌸🌼🌸🥰
Restoration realities... 🧡 Windowsil grubs, the Restoration realities...
🧡 Windowsil grubs, they just seem to be forever filthy and gather muck more indoors than out. 
Everyday I remind myself that the dirt will wash away but the memories will remain forever 😬
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