It’s Competition Time!!! Up for grabs this week we have a wonderful signed book from Ross Mountney A Home Education Notebook… To encourage and inspire. And this could be yours. Listen in to Sarah’s review of the book and hear how one section particularly resonated with her. Then join in the competition. All you have […]

We continue our Charlotte Mason theme this week, embracing her recommendation to spend as much time outside as possible. So we talk about our visit to the beach and to the woods. Sarah has been asking for CM book recomendations and lets us know what she has found and reads an extract. We prepare for […]

We look at how we’re getting on with the Charlotte Mason method this week. Frogger and Toad start their Charlotte Mason Nature books. Sarah is so impressed with the idea, that she decides to start one too. We struggle a little with the strict timetable. We get to grips with the hand side of CM […]

It’s Christmas!!! This week we chat about the winter solstice. Frogger and Toad read Clement Clarke Moore’s A Night Before Christmas We talk about fun party games to play over the Christmas period and indulge in a sing song in a Christmas song sing off (Try saying that after a sherry or two). We receive […]

We’ve had an exciting swash buckling weekend at Comic Con, crossing the reality versus science fiction boundary. We discuss how even the best of us occasionally succumb to the Home Education blues and find ourselves struggling and doubting our abilities. And Frogger and Toad share their weekly highlights. Links mentioned www.whitbyscifiandcomiccon.com/ www.cosmickids.com/ If you would […]

We are back, after our “lost podcast” disaster from last week. On today’s show we talk about our 18 month old’s arrival and how to deal with changes in circumstance when home educating. We talk about the film Secret Life of Pets and we have Score of the Week. We also salvage the Mystery Science […]

We hope you’ve enjoyed your Halloween celebrations as much as we have- here’s what we got up to and how we managed to host a party without breaking the bank, Toad tells us all about his adventure with the North York Moors Explorer club and listen in to our highlights this week. http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/about-us/press-office/press-releases/News-Articles/new-recruits-needed-for-explorer-club Pumpkin Pie […]

This week we traverse part of the Cleveland Way from Sandsend to Runswick bay. Frogger tells us about the Devils Toenail fossils she found. We talk about our Egyptian topic and decide upon our favourite Egyptian Gods. And we review our latest book, David Almond’s The Boy Who Climbed Into The Moon. If you would […]

Join us this week as we discuss finding resources to suit your science needs as we try out Mystery Science We talk about the decision to axe Art History from A-Level studies and whether this is related to the beliefs that some hold about ‘soft’ subjects And join Frogger and Toad for their Scores Of […]

Mini Quiz Madness On todays show we discuss how we work together with other HE families to swap skills, knowledge and childcare. We review Ian Whybrow’s Meerkat Madness And Frogger and Toad are quizzed in our experimental miniquiz. The results of which will be compared in a year when we conduct the same questions again. […]