It's a time for doing; harvesting apples, mushrooming, lighting Samhain fires and preparing for winter. Find ideas to fill your half-term and illuminate darker nights; eco-friendly Halloween costumes, welcoming simmer pots, Diwali crafts, raves for Deaf families and sparkling light festivals.
A manifesto for going slow and small acts of self-care, and why I'm postponing this week's news
It's time to brew honeysuckle tea, make sun water at the solstice, have fun at free festivals, take close-up pictures of bugs, look across the capital from rooftop gardens, and go wild!
Make soothing hayfever tea, eat white chocolate blondies, watch a new film about home education and learn what to expect with next week's new moon
Making a magazine, books to explore the art of mathematics, butterflies to spot right now and a pile of delicious fiction to end the week!
My son rarely sits down and handwriting is a laborious practice, but he can code a game and build a robot figure using scrap wood
Make your own refreshing sorrel lemonade, amazing new novels to devour and how we joined a big group of home educators to celebrate creativity!
