Homeschooling in Rest

  Starting  October 2025 , I’ll be running  live, online Life of Fred maths classes  for younger homeschoolers. Whether your child is just starting out or you've hit a few wobbly spots, these classes are gentle, story-based, and genuinely effective. If you're feeling unsure about teaching maths at home—or maybe you've started already and it's just not going the way you hoped—then I want to share something that could completely change the tone and direction of your maths journey. 🎥 Watch the video where I explain how the classes work, who they’re for, and how to know if your child is ready. What Makes Life of Fred Different? If you're not familiar with Life of Fred, it's a unique maths programme told through the eyes of a five-year-old maths professor named Fred. It's not your usual drill-heavy, memorise-and-repeat workbook. It’s story-based , engaging, and full of subtle yet powerful maths teaching. Each chapter is a quirky story that weaves in maths conc...

  Does Times Tales Really Work? How This Visual Programme Helps Kids Master Multiplication If your child is struggling with maths, especially between Grades 4 and 7, one of the biggest reasons might be that they haven’t memorised their times tables. As a maths educator and homeschooler, I’ve seen over and over again how not knowing multiplication facts slows learners down. They either guess — leading to errors — or take too long working it out, and run out of time. It affects everything: fractions, percentages, decimals, and even algebra. It also knocks their confidence just when they’re starting to move from concrete to more abstract thinking in maths. That’s why I was excited to speak with Meagan Flanagan from Times Tales — a mnemonic-based programme that teaches multiplication through visual stories. It’s fun, effective, and particularly useful for children with dyslexia or dyscalculia . It also works beautifully for homeschoolers who need something that doesn’t rely on rot...