There’s more than one kind of breast cancer. Did you know that? During October, we’re so often flooded with “buy pink” campaigns, and reminders to check ourselves for lumps, that it’s become almost commonplace. We all know that we should do regular self exams, and we’ve heard it so often that the [...]
Entries from October 26th, 2009
Life lessons
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Baby Bore
We’re homeschooling again today as sickness seeps through the house this week. Harry trudges downstairs, sighing. ‘I’ve been learning something, Mummy. When William goes on and on and ON about Lego, I just switch my brain off and forget everything he is saying.’
Yes, son. And we’ll file that homeschool lesson under ‘life’.
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The potential of young people
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Education
I’m passionate about children learning through doing, using real-world situations to learn wherever possible and being involved in ‘work worth doing’. In doing so, they are encouraged to be useful members of our communities and society as a whole. So it is good to see research out today from the ESRC that argues that children [...]
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Learning, rather than being taught. (How boys are falling behind at school and what can be done to help them.)
October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Education, Homeschooling and School
As the mother of four boys, two of whom are now in school and a third in preschool, it worries me to read that boys are falling further behind in school and that one in five boys cannot write their name after a year of primary school:
Boys have fallen further behind girls in key areas [...]
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Birthday, birthday
October 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Daily Life
The children have nine party invitations between them this weekend.
It would be sooo much cheaper if they were social misfits. If I added up how many parties they went to over the year I think I would call a moratorium on them and, oh I don’t know, feed the entire population of Gambia instead or [...]
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’til my heart hurts
October 12th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Not Enough Children
I love my children ’til my heart hurts. There is no other way to say it. I watch my first born, my beautiful sweet seven year old, struggle with so much at the moment and I feel so unable to help him. Even if I knew what was wrong, I don’t know if I can [...]
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Ways to help- 1
October 5th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Ways you can help
Updated: He has won!!!! At the beginning of the day he was behind but he is the clear winner, so your votes really did make a difference. THANK YOU all so much for voting.
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Updated: This is the last day to vote for John Piano , whose work may one day provide a kidney for my [...]
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What I’ve been reading I
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Linking
I’ve read some great posts recently which I thought I might share with you. I hope you enjoy them.
Kid’s Habits: Prepare Your Child For A Great Life – from My Super-Charged Life.
The Adventure Bag - from Sally Whittle writing over at PlayandStay.
‘Across the happiness data, the one thing in life that will make you less [...]
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