For a peaceful home, for a peaceful world
I’m delighted to announce that Extraordinary Parenting is now available in audiobook format in the UK. I will keep you updated about where and when it can be purchased globally! You can find it here, just click on the audiobook tab. If you want to purchase a paperback or an e-book, you can find a…
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I recently had a really enjoyable conversation with Katie from the brilliant Home Ed Voices podcast. We talked about my book Extraordinary Parenting and what writing it during lockdown was like, as well as chatting about home schooling, privilege, and more. Listen in on our conversation here: Thanks for having me Katie!
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I recently had a very enjoyable chat with Penny Johnston from Babytalk Radio. We chatted about parenting and home educating in the time of Covid, my own parenting journey, and my new book Extraordinary Parenting. Listen in on our conversation here: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/babytalk/babytalk-extraordinary-parenting-at-home/12329810 Thanks for having me, Penny!
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As you’ll know if you’ve been reading this blog for a while we are home educating Frida* which means that she doesn’t attend any kind of preschool, instead splitting her week between myself and my husband. We’re all finding these preschool years incredibly fun; full of wonder and delight at the world around us, learning…
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We have lit the first Chanukah candle, Frida’s beautiful advent calendar is being gleefully opened by excited little fingers, elderberry syrup is being dutifully poured out each morning, and I have stocked up on thick yellow beeswax candles to light our meals on these slow, cozy days. Each night Frida’s bed is warmed by hot…
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The anticipation of Christmas can often feel as important as the day itself. Having a festive period rather than just focusing on one or two days can help remove some of the pressure on everyone for that time to be perfect, and I often find that there is so much joy and magic in anticipation.…
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Welcome to the second instalment of the Frida Be Mighty gift guide! Here is a selection of art and crafts materials that I am sure children would be delighted to receive and will enjoy all year round. It’s not an exhaustive list but I hope it will give you some ideas. A note before we…
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Welcome to the first instalment of the Frida Be Mighty gift guide! It is the season after all, and I am already getting more messages than I can reply to asking about gifts and suggestions. Over the course of the next couple of weeks I’m going to be sharing a number of posts with some…
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I read a lot of books. A lot. Whenever I share about the books I am reading, I’m invariably asked to write a blog post with my favourite parenting books, but every time I sit down to do so I look across at the hundred or so books nestled lovingly in my study and feel…
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As I’ve spoken about before, we loosely follow the brilliant Exploring Nature With Children curriculum, dipping into it most weeks. I find that it gives me something to think about in terms of what we might be looking for on our nature walks and books to pull out to support this. This week focuses on the Harvest…
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