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Play is the work of the child ✨
This is how Frida spends huge potions of her days at the moment, playing with her magnetic tiles and a few flower fairies or wooden animals. She will happily build, design and play for hours on end, creating buildings, vehicles, shapes, patterns, all in a total state of joyful, focused flow.
A question I’m asked a lot is how I “plan” our home education. But the boring answer is: I don’t! What I do is research, buy, and read Frida great books. I observe her to see if she has any needs that aren’t being met by our environment or her current materials and toys. I support her interests and answer her questions. I chat to her. And then I get out of her way and just let her play.
If we trust that children are naturally curious and want to learn, then we lose the stress around keeping up with external expectations. It’s easy to look at others and think you should be following their path. But as someone wonderfully commented on one of my posts recently, “the child is the curriculum”. And it feels pretty great.

An eclectic approach ✨
My favourite thing about having Frida at home is the freedom to mix up approaches and inspiration. Waldorf number cards alongside Montessori number rods? Sure. Regular morning time with abundant time for free, child-led play? Yup. Poetry and talking bunnies followed by microbes and life cycles? Go for it.
It feels a bit like picking ingredients to make your child a perfect feast, tailored to their interests and needs. Delicious.

Work ✨
Next week my Beautiful Childhood course starts, and I’ve been working super hard getting it ready. I’m so looking forward to sharing it with all the lovely parents who are signed up.
Talking of work, Sam goes back to work tomorrow after two weeks off, and I really don’t want him to! It’s been so nice having him around all the time, both for me and Frida, and I’ve really enjoyed having a bit more time to work too. It’s felt so lovely and balanced. But in the interests of honestly, there is a part of me that’s also looking forward to settling back into our daily rhythm, just me and Frida. I’m currently working on our summer rhythm, I’ll share it with you soon!