We visited a Waldorf school this week and took part in the kindergarten session. We enjoyed the freedom of playing outside and the gentle rhythm of the flowing morning session. Toad learnt to finger knit too. Meanwhile, we’ve hatched and killed some triops and frogger and toad share their weekly highlights. If you would like […]

Despite the weather taking a leap back into Spring we plough forwards with our Summer plans. Find out what we intend to study throughout Summer and how science is going to be a key feature. We talk about the destruction of our Rocket grown from seed, the attempted manslaughter of mange-tout and the attack on […]

We’re back from our jolly holibobs! Hear all about our week in The Lake District. We talk about England’s deepest Lake and highest mountain. (As usual Frogger and Toad have forgotten most of the things we did!) We managed to supplement our meals with some healthy foraging in Roan Woods and experienced two different levels […]

We’ve had an eggcelent Easter and discuss not only how to blow eggs but also the traditional method of decorating them using melted wax and dyes. Once decorated, we hung our eggs on our seasonal tree, and discuss how to find your own every changing centre piece for free, to sit proudly on display in […]

On this week’s podcast: Frogger and Toad take a wee break from stardom this week, so Sarah and Paul hijack the microphone (our apologies for this). We discuss our Green Science Project and the steps we’ve taken to have our own vegetable patch despite only having a concrete yard. (http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/tags/plastic) We discuss our Spring plans […]

Spring is well and truly in the air at the Home Education Podcast. We’ve been to Whitby Bookshop to spend our World Book Day vouchers and share what Frogger and Baby G decided to buy and why. We also chat about whether books are better than films. If you’re new to Home Ed it can […]

Continuing our exploration into the Steiner philosophy, we share his ideas on home made toys and their value to young children. Charlotte Mason dismissed ‘twaddle’ and promoted living books. What makes a book living and why are these books important. Absent minded comments from friends remind us of some of the common home educating misconceptions. […]

This week we talk about our experience at Explorer club at The Danby Moor centre We have finished E. Nesbits The Railway Children and share our favourite bits. We talk some more about Steiner/Waldorf method of educating and try to implement some of its ideas into our daily rhythm Ross Mountney’s A Home Education Notebook… […]

This is it! The grand competition to win Ross Mountney’s new book is over and we have a winner. Listen in to hear the winning entry and find out who it is. We also take a look at the Waldorf method of education and share the main principles of their Early Year curriculum. And Toad […]

Find out how we got on at the Flamingo Land Home Educators day and our cockroach close encounter We share our Burn’s Night experiences and talk about what has been successful with our Charlotte Mason timetabling. Toad has been working hard on his entry to the BBC Radio 2 500 word story competition. Join Frogger […]