What Home Education Really Looks Like When people hear “home education”, I think they often picture children sitting neatly at a table, working through piles of worksheets while a parent stands at the front pretending to be a teacher. But that is very rarely what it looks like here. For us, home education is much… Continue reading

Making Dandelion Honey: The Home Ed Experiment That Actually Tasted Amazing I’ll be honest, when we first decided to make dandelion honey, I wasn’t completely convinced. It sounded like one of those lovely home education ideas that looks beautiful online, makes a lot of sticky mess, and then tastes vaguely like boiled grass. But I… Continue reading

Growing Butterflies From Caterpillars The Same Activity at Two and Five Some activities are worth coming back to. Growing butterflies from caterpillars has been one of those activities for us. We first did it when Ben was two, using a butterfly kit from Insect Lore. They provided the caterpillars, food and enclosure, and we spent… Continue reading

Wild Garlic Picking and Campfire Flatbreads There is something really lovely about finding food growing outdoors, especially when children can see, smell, touch, and then actually eat something they have helped to collect. This week, we went out looking for wild garlic. It is one of those plants that feels quite magical when you find… Continue reading

Learning at the Beach Without Making It Feel Like School One of the things I love most about home education is how much learning happens when you stop trying to force it. We have just been to the beach, and it reminded me again how much children naturally explore, question, test, move, notice and create… Continue reading

This week’s challenge was to take something really simple – a stick – and turn it into something else entirely. We’ve used sticks for all the usual things before: swords, magic wands, den building, digging in the mud, general outdoor chaos… so they’re definitely not short of uses here. But this time we wanted to… Continue reading

🌿 Welcome to our world of learning, play & family life Hi, I’m Hollie, and welcome to my blog! This is a place where family life, early learning, and everyday adventure come together. From home education and outdoor exploring to simple play ideas and practical family essentials. I share our real life journey alongside my… Continue reading