The days of remote and home schooling my children during the COVID-19 pandemic seem like ages ago. Nonetheless, many of the memories I have of that time, a time I hope we never go back to, are fresh in my mind.
A couple of weeks ago, a cheeky scamp posted a funny meme on a WhatsApp group I’m a member of. It was a joke about the diverse array of apps us parents are supposed to be using to oversee and monitor our kids’ remote, home learning. The photo was of a confused Mark Wahlberg looking…very
I never realised three months could seem like such a long time, but thinking back to March of this year feels incredibly weird. As a family, life was so very different and, dare I say it, we were much more organised and disciplined. Having been living in a state of ever-weakening lockdown for weeks now,
Mums and dads are presently doing their best to work from home while also teaching their children. Parents are having to think about both online safety and homeschooling at the same time. This presents some major challenges so I’m delighted that David Emm, Principal Researcher at cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky has given me his tips for
Home educating is IN this season, albeit unexpectedly and so suddenly us mums and dads have had no time to prepare for taking on the role of teacher. With this in mind I approached Oxford Homeschooling, an organisation with a long history of helping home ed parents, what tips it had for parents and carers
