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Planned books:

Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education by John Holt
Knitted Toy Tales: Irresistible Characters for All Ages by Laura Long
The Crafty Minx by Kelly Doust
Jack and the Beanstalk (Hopscotch Fairy Tales) by Anne Adeney
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Leapfrog Fairy Tales) by Anne Adeney

Current books:

No Impact Man: Saving the Planet One Family at a Time: Saving the World, One Family at a Time by Colin Beavan
The Best of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss’s ABC: Includes by Dr. Seuss
The Magic Finger (Young Puffin Books) by Roald Dahl
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
Winnie’s Amazing Pumpkin (Winnie the Witch) by Valerie Thomas

Recent books:

Beware Dangerism! (TED Books) by Gever Tulley
Meg by Helen Nicoll, Jan Pienkowski
Beginner Books – Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back: Green Back Book by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat: Green Back Book (Dr Seuss Green Back Books) by Dr. Seuss

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Dancing

By Kat, on March 23rd, 2012%

We’ve been exploring podcasts today on the iPad. We found the Barefoot Books podcast, listened to a few stories and then found this song. D wanted to dance to it all afternoon but and fully it ticks my ‘children’s music with real live instruments’ box. Just as he was starting to tire of it he . . . → Click to continue Reading: Dancing

Guest Post: Becky from Lakes Single Mum

By Kat, on July 25th, 2011%

Hi my name Becky and you can normally find me over at Lakes Single Mum but thanks to the Brit Mums blog swap I’m delighted to be here at Kat’s place! You’ll find her post back on my blog. When I’m not blogging you can find me on Twitter @LakesSingleMum.

One of my big passions . . . → Click to continue Reading: Guest Post: Becky from Lakes Single Mum

Our Day of Disasters

By Kat, on June 29th, 2011%

Things starting going wrong before we even got going yesterday. Wee Man was still up refusing to sleep at 10pm the previous night. Tuesday morning we were up later than intended but as our Home Ed group was meeting up at Oakwell Hall I figured there was no point getting stressed and just got ready . . . → Click to continue Reading: Our Day of Disasters

Reimagining Education – Gever Tulley

By Kat, on June 2nd, 2011%

Last year when I started considering the ins & outs of home education ….

I’d stopped seeing a group of mums after the way they had treated my friend Kate (of Celebrating Mums) which wasn’t the easiest of decisions, to go from a large social group to just a few trusted friends in one . . . → Click to continue Reading: Reimagining Education – Gever Tulley

Insert Swear Word Of Choice Here

By Kat, on March 28th, 2011%

Tonight I can not for the life of me get to sleep. Even worse I have to be up in less than 5 hours to go bray on the door of our new bank for cocking up and requesting that R’s old account be closed the day before he gets paid. Certainly not very bloody . . . → Click to continue Reading: Insert Swear Word Of Choice Here