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AD - So how’s homeschooling going for you? Are y

AD - So how’s homeschooling going for you? Are you juggling working from home with all of the homeschooling expectations you’ve put upon yourself (me included)? 🎨 ⁣
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So as a teacher I dreamed of teaching my own children. Actually longed for this day. Now it’s here and it’s a case of the reality in no way meeting the daydream. And that’s because it’s not an ordinary homeschooling scenario. ⁣
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Our home has never been school and I don’t know about your children, but two of mine are now old enough to take onboard what’s happening in the world. On top of that, asking them to sit and concentrate on worksheets (which they despise anyway) has been impossible if I’m honest. ⁣
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Thankfully a few months ago we were asked to join the wonderful @playosmo family, and my worries about them not engaging with anything mathematical besides the life skills I’m trying to teach them has become much easier. We’ve been playing numbers mostly to improve our skills and my OSMO parent app helps me to see what they’ve been up to. When I’m not forcing the issue, they’re keen to try! We’re so grateful to OSMO for making maths more fun and not just being interaction on-screen but using manipulatives too!⁣
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Osmo is on sale on AMAZON and there are Spring sales at:
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You can also enter to win our Osmo giveaway! https://kingsumo.com/g/ogo2vf/hop-into-coding-giveaway⁣
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AD - This week in our Piccolo Family Friends g

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AD - This week in our Piccolo Family Friends group, we've been sharing our experiences of sleep deprivation and tips on surviving it.⁣
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I was taken back to the days of no sleep a few days ago when Hero was rushed by ambulance into hospital with croup at 5 years old. ⁣
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It's not just being poorly that can keep your little ones and you up as they grow older - what we eat can contribute greatly to our sleep as @mylittlepiccolo knows - so we encourage foods like yoghurts, bananas or whole grain cereals if they're hungry before bedtime, and avoid those sleep-snatching cookies, no matter how tempting they sound, or how pleading their little eyes are. No one is happy on very little sleep. ⁣
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Have you tried bananas before bedtime or do you have a magic bedtime tip?

HApPY BiRTHdAY LYoTo! Our own Iron Man is 8 years

HApPY BiRTHdAY LYoTo! Our own Iron Man is 8 years old today. He makes every Valentines Day even more full of love and yuddles (Yotie cuddles). I can’t imagine my life without you, our beautiful, blond cannonball.

AD 🌿 Next week I'm celebrating ten years of par

AD 🌿 Next week I'm celebrating ten years of parenting - that's ten years of learning, growing and facing challenges - and constantly saying things I never thought I'd say. I have three boys - I'll leave it up to you to imagine. And after ten years I like to think I have a handle on most things that can happen in those first ten years as a parent - and although the next ten are anyone's guess and I'm in unchartered territory, I'm beyond excited to be invited to become a Piccolo Family Friend, to help parents old and new, and parents to be, navigate their parenting journey as smoothly as they can. No one's a perfect parent, despite what social media would have us believe - and everyone struggles at times. I'm joining some amazing people with a huge range of knowledge and skills to support parents in the challenges they face on a day to day basis, and who are excited to share their stories with you. #piccolofamilyfriends #familyfriends @mylittlepiccolo

Don’t even ask what pose I’m doing, as I have

Don’t even ask what pose I’m doing, as I have no idea. All I know is that Thor sounded more Asgardian than anyone I’ve heard before. So who’s your favourite Avenger? We’re giving away the Marvel Comic Universe over on the blog (link is in stories) because we’ve gone back and started watching again. This was I can see all the bits I missed taking the boys out to the toilet during the movies...

HOW HAS JANUARY BEEN FOR YOU? It’s finally the e

HOW HAS JANUARY BEEN FOR YOU? It’s finally the end of January tomorrow, which honestly feels like it’s been at least three months long. The only good thing to happen this month was #toyfair2020 - were you there? I spent my time there split between Jaws and Disney Villains...and Minecraft! Other than that I was staring at the Pop Funko stand across the way. Any other board gamers out there? There must be some closet board gamers amongst us...

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