Hello Friends! How do you walk through these winter months? It can be a slow, cosy season with more time to read aloud, drink hot chocolate and immerse yourselves in craft projects. Or it can be a time of fractious children and lethargic teens. For most of us, it’s probably a mix of the two.Continue reading “Episode 2 – Wintering Well”
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Episode 1 – Hopes for a New Year
A new year! And Season 2 of Rooted to Flourish! We’re excited to be back together again and as we sipped tea and nibbled some left over mince pies, we mulled over our thoughts around the beginning of 2025. So, for episode 1, we each answered two questions: Come and join our conversation. We’d loveContinue reading “Episode 1 – Hopes for a New Year”
Episode 15 – American AP exams for British Home Edders – and some summer thoughts.
Here we are at the last episode of our first season of Rooted to Flourish! We have a bumper session for you; firstly an interview with two lovely ladies from Dumb Ox Learning, sharing their knowledge of and experiences with AP’s, an alternative to A levels. We hope this will open up some more optionsContinue reading “Episode 15 – American AP exams for British Home Edders – and some summer thoughts.”
Episode 13 – Early Years
The early years. A season of wide-eyed curiosity, cosy readalouds and carefree rambles. Or of toddler tantrums, constant activity and permanent exhaustion. Caring for our little ones is a full time job in itself, so how do we weave home education into our days? These truly are precious years. Ones in which we lay foundationsContinue reading “Episode 13 – Early Years”
Episode 10 – Easter
As we prepare for our Easter celebrations – maybe baking spiced cookies or a simnel cake, helping small hands to create cards and decorations, or preparing our homes for adult children or guests to join us – we have a special Easter Episode for you. We invite you to pour yourself a favourite drink andContinue reading “Episode 10 – Easter”
Episode 8 – Lent
As this episode airs, you may be whisking up some pancakes all ready for a Shrove Tuesday feast. We hope you enjoy a hearty and fun filled celebration. But what about Lent? How can we observe this season of fasting and preparation for Easter? Are there any faith strengthening habits we can practice and familyContinue reading “Episode 8 – Lent”
Episode 6 – Christmas Edition!
Our first Rooted to Flourish Christmas episode! We’d love to be sitting with you around a blazing fire, sipping warm spiced drinks and partaking of mouthwatering mince pies while sharing our Christmas traditions and memories. However, as this sadly isn’t possible, we hope our special Christmas episode with Helen, Molly, Clare and Ruth will encourageContinue reading “Episode 6 – Christmas Edition!”
Episode 4 – Family Advent
Today Helen and Mary are joined by fellow Home-Educator Kirstine to discuss Advent resources for the family. With the hectic pace of December it can be really hard to find time as a family to focus on the real meaning of Advent. In this episode we chat about some of our favourite resources that weContinue reading “Episode 4 – Family Advent”
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