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September Family Bucket List: 25 Simple Ways to Make the Most of the Month
September marks a gentle return to familiar rhythms. Discover 25 simple ways to enjoy the month as a family, together with a beautifully illustrated free September Family Bucket List printabl
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How to Create Gentle Family Rhythms This Autumn
Learn how to create gentle family rhythms this autumn with practical routines, meaningful traditions and two free printable companions designed to help your family enjoy a calmer, more intentional season.
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25 Screen-Free Evening Ideas for Families This Autumn
Looking for screen-free evening ideas this autumn? Discover 25 simple activities to help your family reconnect, slow down and enjoy cosy evenings together, plus a free printable to download.
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How to Create a Calm Back-to-School Evening Routine
Discover how to create a calm back-to-school evening routine with simple family habits, cosy autumn rituals and two free printable companions designed to help your evenings feel slower, calmer and more intentional.
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30 Calm Evening Activities for the Back-to-School Season
Create calmer evenings this autumn with 30 simple family activities designed to help everyone unwind after busy school and work days. Includes two free printable companions to help build gentle evening rhythms.
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🌻 Our Little Friday Letter (Friday, August 15, 2025)
A gentle, grounded little letter from our little house this week — all about the small things that keep a home ticking over, finding calm in the chaos, what slow living really looks like, and a few favourite creators to follow right now. Plus, a new recipe and a glimpse of what’s to come as autumn approaches.
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25 Back-to-School Conversation Starters for Families to Connect and Prepare Together
Why Back-to-School Conversations Matter Hi there! As we gear up for another school year, let’s pause for a moment and think about connection. Those first few weeks back at school can feel exciting, busy, and—let’s be honest—a little overwhelming. That’s why this season is the perfect time to begin (or revive!) a gentle family tradition: using back-to-school conversation starters for families to strengthen connection, open up space for real feelings, and create a shared sense of support. These prompts aren’t just icebreakers. They’re tiny keys that unlock honest chats about goals, worries, routines, and dreams. They can turn dinner into a bonding moment, or car rides into safe spaces for…
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Back to School Photo Ideas
I am always looking for fun back to school photo ideas and with the return to school only 2 weeks away I have been on the hunt for some fresh, fun ideas for this year, here’s a few I particularly like. I’ve also included a few articles and pins I found interesting while hunting for new ideas! Back to school photo props ideas I don’t believe in spending money on back to school photos so here are some great ideas using items from around the house to enhance your pics! Click on each image for more ideas. Free Back to School Printables DIY Photo Props Tips and tricks for back…
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5 Tips for Supporting Your Child as They Start School for the First Time
My little boy has started school! How fast the years fly by! Two weeks ago my little boy Doodles started primary school. So when I was approached to participate in the Fairy Non Bio Power of Soft Campaign (“encouraging parents to make the most of those oh-so-soft cuddles with their little ones while they can!”), it hit a chord with me. How could my little buddy be a school kid already? Where did the past 5 years go? I remember the day he was born as if it were yesterday, my tiny little guy in the SCBU, attached to all sorts of drips and monitors and then that amazing day…
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Preparing Your Child to Start School – 20 Tips for a Smooth Transition and Happy Start to School.
Starting school for the first time is an exciting and huge step in any child’s life. We have 20 tips to make this transition easier and enjoyable.Over the years I have offered the following tips many times, this however, is the first time that I will have to take my own advice as a parent of a 5 year old who is about to start school. He cannot wait to start school, has his uniform and school bag already and constantly asks when is school starting. I, on the other hand, can barely talk about it without a lump forming in my throat, which brings me onto tip number one…
