Using your child’s love of horses for language learning can be a great motivation. When children are interested in something then they usually stay engaged for a longer period of time. This first blog post of this series of 12 for 2025 will be focussing on Basic Horse Anatomy. Resources that you can use and…
How To Start Your Language Learning Journey in 2025
It’s that time of year again when many people start to consider new goals and ideas. So, what about starting or restarting your child’s language learning journey? Now, I write and post about this theme quite a lot because instead of just starting a language learning journey with your child on a whim, I think…
Language Learning with Ponies – Blog Topics 2025
Introduction Language learning and ponies, do they really go together? Well if you have a pony-mad child then they do! If you are a homeschooling family or just a family who wishes to encourage more language learning into your home, but you are not sure how to motivate your child, then help is on the…
5 Reasons Why Christmas is a Great Time for Language Learning
I absolutely love Christmas, and all the festivities that come with it, and all these are great for language learning! And because Christmas is a time for families and lots of time spent together, there are lots of reasons to use these relaxing and fun times for language learning. So let’s takes look at my…
Creating a Language Learning Routine: Tips for Busy Families
Finding the time for language learning or to strengthen existing language learning skills can be challenging for busy families, especially when juggling work, school, and extracurricular activities. However, with a simple and flexible approach, even 15 minutes a day can make a big impact on your child’s language learning journey. Here are some tips to…
Learning Languages Through Nature-Theme Snails
Learning languages through nature is a way to bring children into a natural environment in order to encourage learning. By adding a specific nature topic that your children are interested in is a definitive bonus. When children are outdoors they become more inquisitive and also more open to taking on information that in a normal…
How Children Can Learn Languages Through Gardening
Gardening is a fabulous way for children to learn languages, particularly in our case English and German. It combines hands-on activities with the natural environment, making the learning process enjoyable and memorable. If you follow me on Instagram you would have seen various reels over the past couple of years showing our vegetable gardening and…
Children’s Language Learning Notebook – 10 Layout Ideas
I am a huge fan of Charlotte Mason’s thinking towards language learning and of course nature and want to bring these ideas to you for your language learning notebooks! These layout ideas are there for you to improvise and design for your own needs, and I will be posting out layouts on our Instagram stories…
How to Use Nature Journaling for Language Learning
Nature journaling can be such a powerful tool. Being in nature for children can be relaxing but can also open up curiosity and give them the confidence to ask questions.In this blog post we will explore how to effectively use nature journaling to enhance your language learning journey. Why Nature Journaling? Nature journaling provides such…
Unveiling Our Pack Pony Training – The Basics
Introduction Greetings, fellow equine and hiking enthusiasts and aspiring pack pony adventurers! Firstly, let me introduce myself. I am Rachel, and this is my 5-year-old home-bred Haflinger Avalon Aces. Avalon was unfortunately born with an umbilical hernia (nabelbruch) and has been operated on four times. Each time, the connective tissue (bindegewebe) decided even after 4-5…
