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Celebrating Pancake Day with Findus

Pettson and Findus making pancake cake. From the book "Pancakes for Findus".

Today is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, the traditional feast day before the start of Lent. It’s also Findus’s birthday! And he loves to make pancakes on his birthday. Pancake Recipe 5 eggs600 ml/21 fl…

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Posted on 16 February, 202118 January, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Findus and Pettson, Pancakes with Findus

Home learning through lockdown

multi-tasking mum

As 2021 begins we find ourselves back in lockdown, and looking for inspiring activities and home learning aids. Hawthorn Press has practical books that can help with home education such as educational text books, crafts,…

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Posted on 5 January, 202110 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: child development, child education, crafts, home education, homeschooling, outdoor education, storytelling

A Light for Little Gnome’s Lantern by Susan Perrow

Image taken from the official animation of The Little Gnome Who Had To Stay Home

After The Little Gnome Who Had To Stay Home, a story written for young children coping with lockdown, author and Therapeutic Storyteller Susan Perrow has written another story to help young children at the end…

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Posted on 21 December, 202010 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Children's books, storytelling, Susan Perrow, Therapeutic Storytelling

Present and Activity Ideas for a Quiet Christmas

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For many of us, Christmas will be quieter than usual this year, with fewer friends and family members around us. But there is still plenty we can do to embrace this atmospheric time of year…

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Posted on 18 December, 202010 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Christmas, craft, Findus at Christmas, seasonal activities, seasonal celebrations, seasonal crafts, storytelling

’tis the season to be crafting

needle felted robins

As we spend more time at home again, make the most of chilly days and early evenings by taking up a new craft project. Hikaru Noguchi-darned jumper Darn it! As discussed in a recent article…

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Posted on 4 November, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: craft, Darning, outdoor education, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts

Celebrating Samhain with The Children’s Forest

As the season’s turn and the clocks fall back we have witnessed more people gaining inspiration from The Children’s Forest. The charming stories and activities for the outdoors are divided into eight spells of the…

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Posted on 28 October, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, outdoor education, seasonal activities

Celebrating Autumn

The Autumn Equinox brings a turning point in the year, when summer gives way to autumn and the nights begin to draw in. It is the season of harvest – fruits, nuts and berries fill…

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Posted on 24 September, 202019 May, 2025 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, crafts for children, home education, homeschooling, outdoor education, seasonal activities, seasonal celebrations, seasonal crafts

Back to School: Stationery and Sledgehammers

Schools are a necessary part of our socio-economic reality, but the government has hugely overstepped this. Attempting to frog-march the nation back to school and deliberately cultivating the false impression that educational alternatives such as…

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Posted on 28 August, 202023 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: early years education, home education, homeschooling, Steiner Education

Celebrating Lughnasa

As the temperature in England soars this week we are celebrating Lughnasa, the late summer festival halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox.

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Posted on 11 August, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: storytelling, summer, The Children's Forest

Fun Things To Do in July With Findus

The summer holidays are here! Whether you prefer to relax inside with some home cooking, or spend time outside making things, Findus has a couple of fun activities to try this month …

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Posted on 16 July, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Findus and Pettson, Findus Food and Fun, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts, summer

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