I was a Primary School Teacher and worked in Education for 10 years before having children.
Education was life…I even married a Secondary Teacher.
You may be surprised to hear that our boys don’t attend nursery or school.
We decided when they were very young that our school system just didn’t fit with how we wanted to raise our boys.
We spend a lot of time learning outdoors. I love watching toddlers trying to reach their own pockets…so cute ❤Soon after our eldest was turned one we decided that we’d had enough of living to work and never having enough family time so we set off to travel…world schooling and trying to make a living online in the process…
Take a look at our posts…
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Why home schooling / home education is right for our family.
Why our toddler isn’t going to school.
Responding to people’s awkward questions.
How we taught our toddlers to socialise without nursery.
World Schooling and Life Learning
What is World Schooling and why we’re giving it a go?
Levels and targets and why they don’t really matter.
Why I don’t make my children sit down to learn.
How we fund our World Schooling.
Over the past three years, the numbers of home-schooled children in the UK has grown substantially to an estimated 60,000 – almost double the 34,000 estimate recorded in 2015. inews Is Home Education legal in the UK (England and Wales)? Most people living in the […]
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If you want to know how to teach toddlers and build a positive environment where they can learn and thrive then read on… When we talk about ‘teaching’ we tend to think of more formal activities. However, there are many organically occurring experiences that provide […]