How can we help little ones to make sense of Remembrance Day?
Poppy - Seren, age 5 How can we help little ones to make sense of Remembrance Day? On Remembrance Day 2019, I arrived at Birmingham...
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B'Opera
Sep 6, 20202 min read
The Circle of Life
My grandpa taught me many things. He taught me to laugh by putting his beret on his head and calling it his “lid”, or wiggling his...
B'Opera
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Why love and light is not enough in the face of racism
The idea that we can bypass structural racism if we all just send each other love and light, is being exploded out of the water.
B'Opera
May 29, 20202 min read
We need your child's voice!
I've spent my whole life in one way or another "finding my voice", and most of my working life helping others to find theirs, and it...
B'Opera
May 18, 20201 min read
Making life sparkly again
I'm alternating between being really cross and realising that in their creativity, they've found a way to make their lives all sparkly again
B'Opera
May 8, 20202 min read
What does "essential" mean?
A while ago, Youngest was liberally spraying the bed with eucalyptus essential oil. When asked what she was doing, she said “It’s...
B'Opera
Apr 22, 20204 min read
12 Ways to Survive Lockdown with Little Ones
If you’re getting to the end of the day with everyone fed, no-one dead, you need to take a moment to celebrate your own awesomeness.
B'Opera
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Coronavirus - Metamorphosis, Resurrection and Transformation
I opened the garden waste bin to put some chopped branches in, and a beautiful orange tip butterfly fluttered and flew out.
B'Opera
Jan 11, 20202 min read
Precious jewels, diseases and pineapples
Deciding that “getting some fresh air and exercise” does not qualify as child abuse, we relaxed and carried on
B'Opera
Jan 11, 20203 min read
The sad truth about why B'Opera exists
In January 2017 I went to hear our then lodger Roza play a solo harpsichord lunchtime concert. She played brilliantly. And something...
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