"Digging for treasure, juggling pheasants, playing the trumpet." What does your child really get up to at school?
Homeschooling: Lessons learned
"Once I became Miss Butterfly Unicorn and remembered to call her Princess Sparkle Jewel, she would do whatever I asked her to."
Once upon a lockdown… children’s stories retold from a social distance
"When Grandma stuck her head out of the frontdoor wearing a mask over her face, Little Red Riding Hood did think her ears were looking rather larger and furrier than usual."
The social distancing police
"Let's not get bogged down in the things that Dominic Cummings could learn from a four-year-old...."
Parenting In Lockdown: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again
Time stretches out before us each day, the second hand apparently sticking not ticking, as the question, 'Is it snack time?', plays on repeat."
Coronavirus Lockdown Homeworking/Homeschooling: My Top 10 Watercooler Chats
"What other words for bum do you know?"
50 activities for parents to do before their child is five
"Doing something for yourself shouldn't come bottom of a parent's list."
Solitaire – Learning to be by yourself
"My director has exited and I am left frozen in the centre of an empty stage waiting for my cue. What do I do now?"
On the third day of Christmas my daughter said to me…
"Mummy, may I have a vitamin please?"
What’s in your lunch box today?
"When it comes to critiquing my packed lunch efforts my daughter could have given Egon Ronay a run for his money."
Nursery Whines 