Homeschooling tips and tricks after 1 week.
It’s been 1 week in and these are my experiences thus far with all the resources, and videos that I have made.
Make your own yoghurt
Getting to the shops is a bit tricky. My 6 year old is eating the stuff non- stop so I’m about to run out. The milkman can deliver it but it’s so expensive. I remembered about 20 years ago in France I saw a machine that if you mixed a bit of normal yogurt with…
Tomates Provencales
I don’t know about you but I find cooking a chore. Putting that ontop of homeschooling makes my day. Then tell me I don’t even have all my ingredients. Now thats a recipe for disaster. Luckily, there are some really tasty dishes I can belt out with very little in my cupboard. I also have…
Alastair Campbell’s tips for self isolation
alastaircampbell.org/2020/03/twenty-tips-for-guarding-against-depression-and-anxiety-in-the-era-of-self-isolation/
Social distancing on mothers day: More tips and tricks to get you through the day
In this blog, I begin to create ideas to help teenagers at home, and continue to socially distance myself, despite it being an important day, usually shared with your mum. This Mothers day we were given a choice: Do we: A: See your 76 year old mum and give her the gift you bought her…
Learning to cope with weekends and self isolation
With the increasing levels of cross contamination in the UK, following a similar trajectory to Italy, it is sensible to begin to self isolate. Schools are now shut across the UK and children are having to come to terms with not seeing their friends. Buisnesses, pubs and restuarants have now closed. What most people don’t…
Homeschooling reality bites
Well- that was brutal to say the least. It is now 3pm, and I have finished my first ever school day homeschooling. If I were going to describe it- and I now have a list of PG adjectives to help me- I’d use; neverending, painful, harrowing. It was like being shoved into a swimming pool…
Welcome to homeschooling
Hey- if you, like me are stuck at home- and have just found out you have potentially months homeschooling your kids- a cold sweat may have broken out. Personally, I’m bricking it . I’m not a primary school teacher- and my 6 year old boy can be a bit ‘stubborn’ when it comes to reading…