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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 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

Things I keep in my handbag for hospital days and Things I keep in my handbag for hospital days and stays. These live in there all the time, so I never have to scramble when things change fast.

* A small A5 notebook and pen

* A three-port, long two-metre charger& plug.

* A good book

* A tiny toiletry and med kit with shampoo, deodorant, perfume, moisturiser, wipes, skin care oils and basic meds

* Tissues, always needed

* A pocket atomiser to help with the dry hospital air

* Robinsons Squeezy Squash

* Sugar free electrolyte tablets

* Nurofen for those early morning headaches

* A migraine cooling patch

Everything here fits in two small clear pencil cases in my handbag. It means I am ready for the unexpected. These small things have saved me more than once.

What would you add?

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Most of you already know that we spend a lot of ti Most of you already know that we spend a lot of time in hospitals. Over the years, I have learned that being organised does not make the days easier, but it can make them less chaotic. 

I have been thinking a lot about the small things that help us through the long waits, last-minute admissions and the nights on those fab NHS plastic chairs. I want to start sharing more of that. 

What is the one thing you always take with you to hospital appointments?

What's the one thing you wish you'd known to take with you?

#sendparents #sendsupport #kidshospital #timeinhospital #sickchildren #hospitalmum #sendmum #nhs
Miles Ignatius (The Unknown Soldier) I am he for Miles Ignatius (The Unknown Soldier)

I am he for whom these ceremonies be,
The concentrated epitome of all those who died on land or sea.
Son to each mute mourning mother,
Husband to each widowed wife.
To all sisters, their dead brother,
For you who live, I gave my life
Freely,
Contently,
Proud to be...
Miles Ignatius

In memory of our own, who fought and were buried so far from the home they loved:

Trooper Alfred William George Dunn (George Dunn), 6th Australian Light Horse.
Died of pneumonia contracted at Gallipoli 3rd June, 1915 - Age 23.
Buried: East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Helier Leslie Cecil Dunn, 1st Bn. Australian Machine Gun Corps.
Died of wounds 15th Nov., 1917 - Age 23
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, France

With love, respect, and profound gratitude.

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Blessed Samhain! As we once again enter the Seaso Blessed Samhain!

As we once again enter the Season of the Crone, may all your endings be wonderful, and your new beginnings be blessed, led by wisdom and the true spirit of adventure and growth!

Artwork: 'Maelstrom' by Jeremy Enecio

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