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This page is a little diary of our home education journey, although we are a couple of years in, we are going to document the highs, the lows, the chaos, the breakthroughs and the every day real life 🖤

Today’s home ed is basically Barbie. 😂She’s done a bit of IXL maths, English and science, but she’s absolutely FIXATED o...
25/09/2026

Today’s home ed is basically Barbie. 😂

She’s done a bit of IXL maths, English and science, but she’s absolutely FIXATED on her Barbies today, so I’m just letting her go with it.

She left them out in the rain, so she’s currently drying them all off while telling me their names, explaining who’s married to who, who’s related to who, and the entire family dynamic. Apparently Mum Barbie is looking after a 1 month old baby all by herself, which she’s very concerned about. 😂

She then sets them all up into different scenes and creates these whole stories in her head. She’s not necessarily role-playing it all out - but she’s organising them, moving them around, changing their clothes, creating situations and telling me what’s going on.

This is learning too.

She’s using her memory, language, imagination, storytelling, organising, social understanding, relationships, emotions and problem-solving without even realising she’s “learning”.

She’s done some actual work today. Now she’s following an interest, completely absorbed in something she loves, and that’s okay.

Soooo yeah today’s ‘lesson’ is apparently Barbie family studies. 😂

And I’m pretty sure Mum Barbie needs a bloody break from what I’ve heard so far 😂

24/09/2026

This is nothing for others, but massive for Paige.

I usually have to sit next to Paige, for support, encouragement, sometimes just having me “be there” but saying nothing, means she can focus and get the answers right.. but if I walk away to go and do something it all goes downhill and then she gets overwhelmed and shuts down.

Well today I’ve popped off to make her some toast, and she carried on with her work, and she’s flying through getting them all right, with no flapping, no stress, no frustration.

She’s working on Year 6 English: Draw Inferences From A Text.

Good job Paigeybaby 💪 👏🏻 💖

SO proud of Paige.She has been flying through recently on around her own age work. Currently on finding the value of exp...
22/09/2026

SO proud of Paige.

She has been flying through recently on around her own age work.

Currently on finding the value of expressions, using her exercise book to show all her working outs.

Amazing progress 😍

The reality of educating a young girl with ASD, ADHD, and many learning delays - is that sometimes she just can’t.Her br...
11/09/2026

The reality of educating a young girl with ASD, ADHD, and many learning delays - is that sometimes she just can’t.
Her brain says no, her body says no, which leads to dysregulation, stimming, and an all round negative impact on her mental wellbeing and an entire block on moving further.

So we have put the work away and she’s settled down with her current favourite book.

We don’t push, we meet where she is, and if her entire nervous system is saying “no not today” then it’s not a failure, it’s just a different activity needed.

She’s now calm, relaxed, and considering she could barely read when she left school in Portsmouth she is doing amazing and there is still progress happening, just not in the form of a worksheet, pie chart, online lesson or any of the “normal” ways children are expected to learn.

Don’t worry Paigeypops, mumma’s got you, always 💖

Kate Smith

While others have gone off back to school, Paige has returned to learning from home, as that’s what works best for her.T...
03/09/2026

While others have gone off back to school, Paige has returned to learning from home, as that’s what works best for her.

Today has consisted of:

Handwriting practice using 3 words from our topic theme of woodland wonders.
Oak. Tree. Leaf.
Then turning the words into a sentence.

Recognising fractions, and doing simple fraction addition. Understanding that the bottom denominator stays the same while adding the top numbers, and reflecting the fraction into a chart.

Pet care - cleaning out animals, ensuring the pet welfare needs were all met.

Planning other groups and clubs to get involved in now that term has begun again 💪

15/08/2026

When you’re a home ed mumma not necessarily by choice originally, but by what suits your child best, you follow their lead on how they want to learn like everyone else, but for us it will look like school, she wants workbooks, she wants to cover subjects, she wishes school could cater for her and once her EHCP is finished we will discuss if that’s a possibility. But for now, she is home. Which means I’m printing worksheets, labelling writing books, planning ahead so it runs as smooth as possible.. anything to make life a little easier and happier for my girl 💖

Renewal is finally ready for postage with all new “evidence” - I hate that term but heyho.Something I don’t think many p...
01/08/2026

Renewal is finally ready for postage with all new “evidence” - I hate that term but heyho.

Something I don’t think many people realise is the emotional side of parenting a child with additional needs.

When you’re fighting for support, assessments, understanding and the right help so that you’re able to help them, you spend so much of your time having to talk about the hardest parts. You have to explain the struggles, the things they can’t do independently, the challenges they face and the support they need.

And sometimes that feels heartbreaking because our children are so much more than their difficulties.

There are so many amazing things about them. Their personalities, their humour, their kindness, their little quirks, the things that make them completely unique. There is so much joy alongside the challenges.

But when you’re advocating for them, it often feels like the world only wants to hear about the parts that are hard.

So, after I’ve just sat and written about the bad bits, I’m reminding myself that behind every form and every piece of evidence is a wonderful child who isn’t just what the paperwork says, she is so much more.

She is the reason I found a love of home education, she is the reason I found that learning can happen everywhere, she is the reason I try to slow down more and appreciate how beautiful life can be when you stop to look at it, she is the reason I believe school isn’t suitable for everyone despite what we were always conditioned to believe. She is the reason I’ll keep meeting her where she is at, and not where the world expects her to be 💖

“No learning happening here…” 🌴🐢🇬🇷Just a week in Greece… absolutely no education whatsoever. 😉Except we’ve learned about...
25/07/2026

“No learning happening here…” 🌴🐢🇬🇷

Just a week in Greece… absolutely no education whatsoever. 😉

Except we’ve learned about…

🐢 Loggerhead turtles and why Zakynthos is one of the world’s most important nesting sites.
🌊 The difference between the sea and a swimming pool (and how to stay safe in both).
🏊 Swimming, confidence, stamina and water safety.
💶 Using Euros, counting money and working out change.
🗺️ Geography – islands, maps, the Mediterranean Sea and where Greece is in the world.
☀️ Weather, climate and why it’s so much hotter than home.
✈️ Airports, planes, passports and how international travel works.
🍽️ Trying new foods.
🛍️ Budgeting holiday spending and making choices.
⏰ Time differences and daily routines in another country.
🦀 Marine life, beaches, shells and respecting protected wildlife.
🤝 Confidence, independence, problem-solving and real-life social skills.

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