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Special Guest Edition: How We Homeschooled Today by Emily Phillips
30 things that help #30: Give yourself a pat on the back
30 things that help #29: Have something for yourself
30 things that help #28: Pay attention to your expectations
30 things that help #27: Have a catch-up day
30 things that help #26: You gotta eat: Thoughts on food
30 things that help #25: When you can’t do it all, do maths and English
30 things that help #24: Give your children room to surprise you
30 things that help #23: There are lots of ways of doing maths, and you should use them all
30 things that help #22: Be audacious, or just say yes
30 things that help #21: Make it cosy
30 things that help #20: Read one poem
30 things that help #19: Write it down, make a list
30 things that help #18: Find a way—ANY way—to move
30 things that help #17: Choose which reality you pay attention to
30 things that help #16: HALT! Know your danger zones
30 things that help #15: Get outside
30 things that help #14: Don’t offer too many choices
30 things that help #13: Light a candle
30 things that help #12: Deal with paper at a distance
30 things that help #11: Spend five minutes tidying up the table
30 things that help #10: It’s harder to look after others if you’re not looking after yourself
30 things that help #9: There are some things it’s better not to see
30 things that help #8: Just because it works for everybody else, doesn’t mean it will work for you
30 things that help #7: Leave your phone out of sight
Thirty things that help #6: Have what you need and know where it is
30 things that help #5: …and change will happen
30 things that help #4: You can change things…
30 things that help #3: Look for progress
30 things that help #2: Begin with your most neglected subject
30 things that help #1: When you’re banging your head against the wall, stop!
Good books, and 25% off our favourite French resource
Being *that* parent, a new perspective on falling literacy, and the cost of sitting exams
The post-literate society is not inevitable
How we’re muddling through this week
And that’s when I saw the cockroaches
How we homeschool while moving to America
How we homeschooled today #114
How we homeschooled today #113
How we homeschooled today #112
Something to learn about: Africa’s Great Green Wall
Good books, part 3 (last one!)
The best felt tips ever and why you don’t need them
Going back to basics on grammar
Labour’s assault on home education
History books about the American Revolution
A peek inside an ‘Outstanding’ UK state school
Can we please raise the standard of debate around home education?
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: My submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee