Homeschoolingmama

We received this wonderful book, 'Drastic Plastic and troublesome Trash' by Hannah Wilson from Carlton publishing group to review. It is wonderful to find a book that explains in simple terms the issues around recycling, greenhouse gases and the huge plastic problem. 'Drastic Plastic & Troublesome Trash' has 64 pages full of easy to understand explanations, illustrations to further explain concepts and lots of colour. The illustrations and pictures make this book very child friendly, and as a book aimed at 7+, it works very well. What's included? The book is 'jam' packed with facts and figures, with mini quizzes to test your knowledge along the way. 'Drastic Plastic & Troublesome Trash' includes the following: An introduction. This eloquently explains how the planet is suffering from the immense 'trash' we produce, landfill sites and how they work and what recycling centres are and their work.  The book moves on to

I wanted to talk a little bit about our latest set of toys, and if you've been closely following me on instagram you will know that I have recently made the conscious decisions to switch to wooden toys from plastic. The obvious reason being, the planet is overrun with plastic and it is worrying how much plastic we are consuming through our own negligence.  The toys I purchased were intended for 3 year old, but I found 8 year old joined in and has enjoyed playing with these too.  In this post I will be talking about the following: Wooden rainbow learning toy   Melissa and Doug rainbow balance   Treasure toys Montessori sensory bin scoop and fill wooden starter set   Toys of Wood, Oxford wooden tangram puzzle for kids   I have found these toys have provided endless play, but more importantly they have offered a lot of learning through play.  Wooden rainbow learning toy  I love the vibrant colourful rainbow. The 7 solid wooden pieces are each a different

Dekko comics  I wanted to share another  superb  resource  we've been using more recently - Dekko comics.  As a family that are structured during some months, semi structured during others and completely autonomous for some, Dekko comics have been a brilliant resource to have and use.  I saw these fab comics, and decided to order all 12 back issues, I knew they would be invaluable (so why waste time buying one at a time?!) What makes them so good? Each issue covers a variety of subjects, with  in-depth  explanations to  foreign   language  scripts. The layout is fun and exciting, a colourful comic, but full of facts. These comics  work so well,  because  children  enjoy  the idea of 'relaxing and reading a comic for fun', but at  the  same pick up information - without being bored and tied down to a desk! Little person has enjoyed reading through issue number 1. Issue number 1 covers the following; Maths time fractions, decimals and percenta