Welcome to my Young Scientists at Play series where I create colourful fun preschool science activities. The goal here was for my two youngest girls to handle science equipment and explore confidently. During this particular week in our homeschool Lillie helped me to create and run a preschool science concoctions lab. Check it out! I’ve……
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Robin Hood Lesson {Medieval Unit Study}
This week was a week I was thoroughly looking forward to. We were to be focusing solely on Robin Hood. Honestly? This week was going to be fun, fun, fun! I hope you equally enjoy this Robin Hood Lesson as an excellent addition to your Medieval Unit Study Robin Hood Reading Matter To all intents……
February Home School {2025}
I think journalling our homeschool right now is a sort of rinse and repeat activity. Certainly, it feels like February home school bits and pieces mimics January home school post! We are nine weeks out from Abigail’s first GCSE exam. She is currently focusing on two in Psychology and Sociology. Likewise, Becca is studying for……
Mystery of the Night Watchers Review
This Mystery of the Night Watchers Review will cover a description of the book, my thoughts and recommendations for use within your home school. Mystery of the Night Watchers is written by A.M. Howell, the award-winning author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks. As an Amazon Associate, I……
Preschool Science: Colour & Fizz
In this post, I will be showing you how to have some fabulous homeschool, preschool science with colour and fizz! Read This! How to set up your own preschool science nook Preschool Science: Colour & Fizz Bicarb and Coloured Vinegar to Make the Colour & Fizz In this particular week’s preschool science, colour and fizz……
History of Science {Unit Study}
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you will know that I primarily teach my children using history unit studies, until they are ready to steer their own learning. History allows me to cover pretty much every subject under the sun. This exposes them to many learning experiences and allows me……
January Home-School {2025}
This is just going to be a quick post recording the main bulk of January home-school we have done over the past three weeks. Just to catch you up: Abigail is taking two GCSEs this summer, psychology and sociology, so we are focusing most of our efforts there. As she hopes to take maths and……
Medieval Knights Homeschool Lesson
This medieval knights homeschool lesson was our learning over the period of a week. We are deep into our medieval unit study and are flip flopping as topics interest us. The children have been reading so many great books set in the Middle Ages and which include knights (obviously!) and they have been playing loads……
Domesday Book Homeschool Lesson
I’m all for fun school work. I know that sometimes in life one simply has to knuckle down and do the work regardless of the fun factor or lack there of. However, as Mary Poppins once said ‘a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down’ (I’m currently breaking off into song – you should be glad……
Language and Structure in the English IGCSE Exam
The student’s knowledge of language and structure in the English IGCSE exam is tested throughout the two exams. This post is primarily focused on question 4 of paper 1. It will walk you through answering this 12 mark question and so help your student be confident in gaining top marks. Find out more: You can……
Printable Mesopotamia Luggage Stickers
These printable Mesopotamia luggage stickers are a perfect addition to a homeschool ancient Mesopotamia unit study! Do check out my MEGA Mesopotamia Unit Study post to find out just where Proto-cuneiform fit into the history of Mesopotamia. This huge post has lots of printable, videos, science experiments and, as always, stacks of suggestions for easy hands on……
Printable Passport for Mesopotamia Unit Study
This printable passport is perfect for my Mesopotamia Unit study, although it can be used for all history/cultural Unit studies. The play passport has many pages and comes complete with multiple stamps, from different ancient civilisations. Do check out my MEGA Mesopotamia Unit Study post to find out just where Proto-cuneiform fit into the history of Mesopotamia.……
Edexcel English IGCSE Exam
Last week I chatted a bit about the importance of knowing what the English Language IGCSE specification expects from each student. This week I will be focusing on the actual Edexcel English IGCSE Exam. Knowing how the Edexcel English IGCSE Exam is set out means there will be no nasty surprises when your child takes……
Hands-On Homeschool Percentage Maths {Domesday Book}
In our quest to do some hands-on homeschool percentage maths, I turned to an unlikely resource, the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book is a record of The Great Survey of much of England and some of Wales. This was carried out by William the Conqueror in 1086, twenty years after the Battle of Hastings in……
Mesopotamia Tickets and Luggage Labels {Mesopotamia Unit}
As part of my Mesopotamia Unit Study, I have made some fun extras to help get your children in the mood such as some Mesopotamia tickets and luggage labels. I have also made some passports and luggage stickers which I will share in another post in the future. These are all great additions to your……