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Merlin Pass: Our Review
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs the Merlin Pass Worth It? It really depends. Does your family love theme parks and the other bits and bobs Merlin offers? Will you go often enough to make…
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Places Where Kids Learn Without ‘Noise’
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome of the best learning in our house doesn’t look like learning at all. No worksheets, no timetable, no one sat at a table being told to concentrate. It just…
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Our Center Parcs Review: Was It Worth the Hype?
Reading Time: 5 minutesGrowing up, I used to see the adverts on telly for Center Parcs and think it looked absolutely magical. Cycling through the woods, all that greenery, families looking suspiciously happy.…
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Why I Avoid Soft Play (And What I Do Instead)
Reading Time: 4 minutesI know I can come across as a bit of a snob. I’m not particularly wealthy, I’m not the tidiest person, and I’m certainly not winning any awards for my…
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We Went From a Tiny Stroller to a Wagon — Here’s Why
Reading Time: 5 minutesDisclosure: I have an affiliate link with Petit Wagon which gives you £50 off and means I receive a small commission if you purchase through my code. I only share…
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National Trust With Home Educated Kids: What’s Worth It
Reading Time: 6 minutesIf there is one thing we keep coming back to again and again as a home educating family, it is the National Trust. And I want to talk about why,…
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UK Days Out That Actually Work for Home Educated Children
Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of the things I genuinely love about home educating is how differently days out work for us. We are not tied to school holidays. We are not paying inflated…
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What Home Education Has Given Our Family (So Far)
Reading Time: 5 minutesI want to start by being really honest with you. This is not one of those posts where everything is wrapped up neatly with a bow. Because the truth is,…
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How We Spent 3 Days in Edinburgh
Reading Time: 7 minutes“Three pounds for the poster, two for ice cream”, Ibrahim said looking at his £5 note before handing over exactly what he had decided the poster was worth to him.…
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Why I Don’t Romanticise Homemaking
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you scroll through certain corners of the internet, homemaking looks like linen aprons, sourdough cooling on marble countertops and soft morning light filtering through spotless windows. And honestly,…