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How to Encourage Reading in Home Education

Home Education, Parent Life / Mrs PPP
How to Encourage Reading in Home Education: Keeping Books Alive in the Digital Age

Reading is at the heart of successful home education in the UK. It builds curiosity, confidence, and focus in ways screens can’t match. For many UK home-educating families, the challenge is keeping reading alive in a world filled with devices.

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Home Education, Parent Life

Five Herbal Teas You Will Need This Autumn

Holistic Living, Recipes / Mrs PPP

Feeling that first tickle of a cold? Before you reach for shop-bought remedies, try what’s in your kitchen cupboard.

These simple herbal teas really work, and they’re backed by evidence, not old wives’ tales.

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Holistic Living, Recipes

The Truth About Socialisation in Home Education

Homeschool, Parent Life / Mrs PPP

When people hear that a family home educates, one of the first questions they ask is, “But what about socialisation?” It’s often said with genuine concern. The assumption is that without school, children miss out on learning how to get along with others, build friendships, and have fun. But is that really true?

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Homeschool, Parent Life

Exclusive Raider’s Peril Minecraft Challenge

Homeschool, Parent Life / Mrs PPP
Minecraft-Raiders-Peril-Challenge

There is a consensus that, for a lot of parents and kids, this is just massively overwhelming, and a lot of really fantastic parents are beating themselves up for not facing every learning day with a smile and enthusiasm. Maybe it’s just time to say: ‘Give me a break – school at home is HARD!’

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Homeschool, Parent Life

Hospital Bag Series – Part 4

Hospital Bag / Mrs PPP
Hospital Bag Series Part 4

Now that you have your bags, we need to focus on what to pack in them so that you can be comfortable during your time on the ward with your child.

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Hospital Bag Series – Part 3

Hospital Bag / Mrs PPP
Hospital Bag Series Part 3

Now that you have your bags, we need to focus on what to pack in them so that you can be comfortable during your time on the ward with your child.

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Hospital Bag Series – Part 2

Hospital Bag / Mrs PPP
Hospital Bag Series Part 2

Now that you have your bags, we need to focus on what to pack in them so that you can be comfortable during your time on the ward with your child.

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Hospital Bag

Hospital Bag Series – Part 1

Hospital Bag / Mrs PPP
Hospital Bag Series Part 1

When packing for the hospital it is often hard to know what to take. Pack too much and you risk having to work around it during your stay. Pack too little and the inconvenience can be far greater. As a hospital stay regular, I have put together this guide that may help you make some informed choices about what to include in your bag.

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Dear Hospital Mummy

Hospital Bag, Parent Life / Mrs PPP
Dear Hospital Mummy

I would ask you how your day has been Hospital Mummy, but from your tired eyes and rigidly held shoulders, I can see that today has been a trying day

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Hospital Bag, Parent Life

The Day Your Child Is Rushed To Hospital

Hospital Bag, Parent Life / Mrs PPP
The day your child is rushed to hospital

You get off the phone and cry; silently so your child cannot hear you. This is not the way you thought a trip to the hospital would go; you don’t know what you expected – but it wasn’t ‘this’.

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Hospital Bag, Parent Life

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SEND Mum | Wife | Aussie in the UK.
Creative | Blogger | Full-Time Reading Obsessive
Home Ed Maven | Stroke Survivor
I am also @McDayDesignsUK

Short chapters. A gentle mystery. Animal friends w Short chapters.
A gentle mystery.
Animal friends working things out together.

Designed for calm evening reading. 🌙

Would your child read this independently, or with you?

Mixy The Garden Detective: The Mystery of the Midnight Glow, now available on Amazon in paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited.

Link in bio.

#mixythegardendetective #mysteryofthemidnightglow
 #Author #kidsbooks #CozyBedtime #cozymysteries #mumlifeuk #ukchildrensbooks
#ukauthors
So, I may have accidentally written a children’s b So, I may have accidentally written a children’s book. Or three.

It turns out my little writing project to try and stretch my post-stroke creative muscles, morphed into a small series about a curious tuxedo cat called Mixy, a nervous mouse called Pip, and a tiny lantern keeper named Luma, a Glowling who lives behind the garden shed.

The first book is called Mixy the Garden Detective: The Mystery of the Midnight Glow and it is now live on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Unlimited.

The chapters are short on purpose. Properly short. The kind where “one more chapter pleeease” really does mean five more minutes, not a full bedtime renegotiation. 

Each chapter also has a natural stopping point, which makes it ideal for calm evening reading, or for children beginning to read longer stories on their own.

It’s gentle, cosy, slightly mysterious, and in addition to Mixy, Pip and Luma, it involves a grumpy toad, a cool beetle, and a very determined magpie.

So if you know a small human aged about 5 to 9 who likes animals, secret doors, tiny magical creatures, or gardens that are clearly keeping secrets after dark, I would be very grateful if you shared it with them.

Link in bio before I lose my nerve and pretend I never mentioned this.

And yes, Mixy is a real cat. 
She has, to the best of my knowledge, never solved a mystery and would be terrified of a mouse. 😉

#mixythegardendetective #mysteryofthemidnightglow
 #Author #kidsbooks #CozyBedtime #cozymysteries
Hi @asda , can we have a quick chat about why your Hi @asda , can we have a quick chat about why your stores keep sending short dated, damaged, or clearly unwanted stock to online customers without warning? Because it doesn't FEEL accidental. It feels like the items people would never pick in store are quietly being pushed into delivery orders instead.

Online shopping might be a convenience for some people. For others, like our family, it's essential. Those of us with disabilities, illness, or mobility limitations rely on delivery just to get food into the house. We didn't sign up for the “mystery crate challenge” version of grocery shopping.

You made £764 million in profit last year, so you might have not noticed, but there is a cost of living crisis on. Prices keep rising. Everything costs more right now. But if I pay the same shelf price as in store shoppers, and then ALSO pay extra for delivery, picking and packing, why am I the one getting the stock nobody else would take? People cannot afford to replace food that should never have left the shop.

Just apply for a refund, I hear you say? Ah, the ASDA online grocery refunds process is a joy. Let’s talk about that, shall we? 

I report several short dated or out of date items in my delivery. Three hours later I get a message of “refund denied” because the AI bot you use thinks too many problems in one order must be suspicious, or a mistake. Then I get to spend half an hour on the phone just to hear “we will refund this as a goodwill gesture”. No ASDA, it is not goodwill, it is basic responsibility. If the goods are not acceptable, or merchandisable quality, with a reasonable expiry date, then refund them. Simple.

Customers should check dates at the door, I hear you say? Really? All 54 items, while the driver arrives early, unloads quickly, and has to leave straight away? There is no time to check everything on delivery, you're left playing 'pot luck' when putting things away. Your stores are not flagging short dated items before delivery. Not cool, ASDA. 

If “That’s ASDA Price”, then the real cost of shopping with you is too high. 🛒📦🤔

#costoflivingcrisis
#onlineshopping #ripoffbritain
You are the memory bank. The admin team. The one w You are the memory bank. The admin team. The one who knows everything. And that is exhausting.

This complete medical folder bundle gives you a structured digital filing system plus detailed multi-page fillable documents covering your child’s information, every consultant and every hospital you attend.

No more searching emails at reception.
No more repeating details under pressure.
No more wondering if you forgot something important.

Secure. Printable. Ready when doctors start asking questions.

Built by a hospital parent who needed it to work in real life.

Link in Bio.

#sendparent #medicallycomplexchild #hospitalmum #parentcarerlife #medicaladmin #senduk #chronicillnessparenting #caregiversupport
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