A retrospective exploration into our learning journey: September 2020-August 2021

Why on earth would they do this? What were they thinking?  The girls were looking at disgust at a spare McDonald's paper straw from their dad's order. They sat down and had a serious meeting over the ridiculous decision to use paper for the purposes of transporting liquid.  I think McDonald's could have benefited from having a panel of three and five year olds in the room the day that particular decision was made, before they rolled out their first version of paper straws to the public.  It was really amusing to watch. They chatted away about how stupid it was. How it would fall to pieces after being in the drink for too long, get soggy with the liquid travelling up it, and finally would break off in your mouth. They were testing this theory watching the straw sat in water.  They were oblivious to the fact dad was on the other side of the kitchen struggling with all those issues as he was trying to drink his pepsi max.  As they established the reasoning behind t...

Are you aware of the amazing potential of your recycling items!  They all have at least one more purpose before they meet their end in the recycling bin, and as a parent to young children I'll let you into a little secret....sometimes they never make it into the bin! They are transformed into a new toy destined to join the toy room. It's not rubbish, it's crafting treasures and seriously saves money from exhaubrant prices from craft shops.  When you have young children, it matters not if they're home educated or not, there are universal fun projects to be found in the recycling bin, great for cold rainy winter weekends and holidays.  If you are studying at home, arts and crafts can play a vital part in any topic or project. Go grab these free materials now!  Yes you can buy almost anything these days, but it's not as fun as making it yourself, you lose imagination the more you rely on store brought templates and constructs. When you buy everything, there's an el...