
What we do in a rest week
No unit, no planner and no timetable: the long walks, the library trip and the one thing I still ask the children to do.

November 4, 2026 · 7 min
Why we read after lunch whatever the weather, and how Naomi now reads a chapter to Ruth while I wash up.
A short letter every Sunday from the kitchen table: the unit we are on, what worked and one thing to try with your own children.

No unit, no planner and no timetable: the long walks, the library trip and the one thing I still ask the children to do.

Cutting circles into halves, quarters and eighths so the youngest can see what the oldest is adding.