Nerf maths, literacy lunches and other things that got us through Day One of homeschooling

Coronavirus. It’s making adults anxious and sending the nation nuts in the supermarket aisles. Death tolls are rising and the country is on lockdown. Just think how all this stress is playing out in the mind of a child. I’m conscious that I need to provide my six-year old, Eric, with heaps of reassurance, love and attention as we all struggle to get to grips … Continue reading Nerf maths, literacy lunches and other things that got us through Day One of homeschooling

Nerf maths, literacy lunches and other things that got us through Day One of homeschooling

Coronavirus. It’s making adults anxious and sending the nation nuts in the supermarket aisles. Death tolls are rising and the country is on lockdown. Just think how all this stress is playing out in the mind of a child. I’m conscious that I need to provide my six-year old, Eric, with heaps of reassurance, love and attention as we all struggle to get to grips … Continue reading Nerf maths, literacy lunches and other things that got us through Day One of homeschooling

How I got my picker eater to eat: the simple trick that worked for us

My five-year-old, Eric, used to be a brilliant eater. As soon as he hit six months old we served him up all sorts of pretentious food – chilli, falafels, salmon stir fry, lentil curry, beef tagine, chicken with apricots (no prizes for guessing whose weaning cookbooks I wasted all my maternity pay on…). And he pretty much downed the lot. He consumed so much houmous … Continue reading How I got my picker eater to eat: the simple trick that worked for us