Polka Theatre: Bookswap
Well, you know that Loretta and I are keen supporters of all things reading, for both parents and kids and when we were contacted by Polka Theatre to help them raise awareness of their London Bookswap...
View ArticleKids magazine reviews
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about my dislike of the mainstream magazines available for children. The price, the advertising, the social stereotypes; all things which really rankle me. The response...
View ArticleThe Sex and Power report – are we doing our bit?
I’m sure the special report, Sex and Power: Who Runs Britain? – published by Counting Women In, this week that revealed the shocking absence of women from UK public life did not escape many people’s...
View ArticleThe National Gallery with kids
I love going to art galleries; I love looking at paintings and I love the peace of an art gallery. Can you manage to experience this with a 4 year old and a 5 week old? Well, last Monday that is what I...
View ArticleCompetition
The lovely folk at the Accidental Festival contacted us about this weekend’s shows at The Roundhouse Camden. There is lots going on for families click here to find out more. Also we have a pair of...
View ArticleMuch needed mini-break
What did you get up to last bank holiday weekend? It is really nice to have a break and get away as and when there’s the option. Before kids, the OH and I used to head to a posh hotel and treat...
View ArticleTesting the kids
The other morning Loretta texted me and said that she had just seen Nick Clegg’s comments about testing 4 year olds. My first response was to be cross and say that more testing does not improve...
View ArticleAm I wrong to send my child to school?
So this week Bear Cub started school. He trotted off happily on his first day and there were no tears from either of us but I did feel a certain heaviness in my heart. Not because my baby has grown...
View ArticleHome education
Home education, home school, education otherwise; whatever you call it, if you chose not to send your child to school are you offering them a fantastic one-to-one, individually tailored education,...
View ArticleHome Education: structure?
Since throwing ourselves into home education, we have tried various ways of working our days and weeks. We started with a wholly unstructured approach were we saw what took our fancy every day. This...
View ArticleMe Time: Learning something new
In this time of New Year’s resolutions and making promises to “do better this year”, don’t forget you. You are probably aware by now of the mission of More Than a Mum (if not, click here!) and...
View ArticleMore than a Mum: session one
Wow, what a weekend! I don’t know if any of you picked up on the sticker on the lady in our Silent Sunday, but it said More than a Mum and she was wearing it because she was enjoying her massage at our...
View ArticleHopes and Dreams
I read a report the other day about the hopes and dreams of seven-year-olds and how there seems to be a link between the level of aspiration children hold and resilient they are; it made me think of...
View ArticleThe Sex and Power report – are we doing our bit?
I’m sure the special report, Sex and Power: Who Runs Britain? – published by Counting Women In, this week that revealed the shocking absence of women from UK public life did not escape many people’s...
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