Sibling fun activities – SALT for my Squid

Miaow, miaow – I’m a cow

Miaow, miaow – I’m a cow // Miaow, miaow- I’m a cow // NOOOO Beep, beep – I’m a sheep //Beep, beep – I’m a sheep // YEAHHH Long car trip sing-a-long for Squid (helpful YouTube inspiration from eldest child). Animal noises, easy lyrics and belly laughs. Brilliant

A bucket full of superheroes

You need certain accessories for this activity. A box of Marvel Lego, a local multiplex showing a thrilling Lego Batman movie and a helpful big brother with encyclopaedic knowledge of the characters. Squid’s target is to learn to use pronouns reliably; we set out together to restore justice to Gotham. 1) We ferreted through theContinue reading “A bucket full of superheroes”

Never underestimate the desperation of a woman who chooses to be up at midnight hot-glueing home-dried rose petals to a cereal box.

Let me take you back a few hours. It all started quite sensibly. Family learning homework being to do something (anything) on the topic of ‘flowers’. Flowers: we know. Roses, daffodils, bluebells, daisies: we love but we don’t know. Petal, stem, leaf: blank. Like many other school interactions – I take it as a tip-offContinue reading “Never underestimate the desperation of a woman who chooses to be up at midnight hot-glueing home-dried rose petals to a cereal box.”