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Top Tips for Studying as a Parent
You may feel that taking on a time-consuming course as a student to be quite intimidating when you already have children to look after. It can be quite a balancing act to manage to juggle everything, so here is a guest post, that I have had input from my experiences as a student parent at … Read more
National Geographic Geodes
As part of the boys’ home education they learned about Geodes with the National Geographic STEM kids from Bandai. Hands-on learning is more effective than just being told things, or just reading, and that is why I was thrilled to be invited to be an ambassador: I previously wrote about their Dig Kits. Geodes are … Read more
Improving Health Habits and How Not to Train for a Marathon
When friends said we could just walk a Marathon I thought what a lovely idea and then we can say we have done one. I guess I didn’t really factor in that a Marathon is still a Marathon and going to be hard work either way! I guess it is true that if you just … Read more
How to Get in the Mood for a Run
You may recall my previous post on How To Stay Motivated that Sometimes, there’s nothing better than getting out for a run. The sun’s shining, you’ve got bags of energy; what could be better? However, there are other days when it’s the last thing you’ll feel like doing. Here is a guest post with some … Read more
Death in the Family when there’s More than One Religion Involved
Death it doesn’t get any easier. Apparently writing things down may help (well obviously) and it also said this in the waiting area in Intensive Care. Where to Start. Well let’s go back twenty years when my own mother died. In fact it was in exactly the same intensive care unit as I spent some … Read more
Saving Water in the Home
Recently our water provider installed a Water Meter stating that we could carry on paying the way we are on a fixed rate that but in the near future everyone will be charged for the amount of water they use. After some research I discovered we are at risk of many, if not most, people … Read more
National Geographic™ STEM Dig Kits Review
We have been asked to be ambassadors for the National Geographic™ STEM educational kits from Bandai, which are a range of experiment-based discoveries that will appeal to both boys and girls. I feel that STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are really important for our children to learn about – but they can also … Read more