Yes — but not by stepping away from your family.
Here, working on your English happens alongside the week you’re already sharing with your children — through conversation, small moments of coaching, and time spent together, rather than separate lessons or fixed study time.
If you’ve ever felt that traditional language classes don’t fit your life or your family, you’re not alone.
As a parent, it can be difficult to find a way of using English that feels enjoyable, effective, and welcoming for both you and your children.
This is where our family English holidays are different.
Rather than separating learning from real life, English becomes part of the week itself — through shared experiences, time outdoors, and everyday moments together.
Bring the Squirrels
This is the name I gave to our family weeks — and it says a lot about how they feel.
It’s an invitation to bring your whole family as they are. Not to organise everything perfectly, but to arrive, settle in, and spend time together.
Children are welcome in the fullest sense — with their energy, their curiosity, and their different ways of joining in.
A different way to use English
I’ve always been drawn to spaces where people feel at ease, and I’ve often found traditional learning environments too rigid — especially for families.
Many parents feel the same. You want your child to feel comfortable in English, but you also want to relax and enjoy your time together.
Here, there is no classroom to sit in.
Instead, English is woven into the week — through conversation, shared experiences, and time spent together.
Professional English, without stepping away from family life
For many parents, English is also part of your working life.
There is space here to support that — through conversation, guidance, and moments of focused coaching when needed.
But it doesn’t take you away from your family.
It happens alongside the week you’re already living — in a way that feels integrated, not separate.
When children feel at ease, everything changes
Creating a space where children feel welcome isn’t a soft option — it’s a skill.
When children feel at ease, they join in naturally. And when parents know their children are comfortable, they can relax too.
That’s when real progress happens — not through pressure, but through connection and shared experience.
A week shaped around your family
A week where you and your children can spend time together, while English becomes part of what you’re already doing — walking, talking, playing, exploring.
There may be moments of gentle coaching, but most of the time, it simply feels like being on holiday.
Time outdoors. Ice cream. Conversations that unfold as you go.
Not something separate to manage — but something that fits into your week.
Travelling as a single parent
I also wanted to make this work for parents travelling on their own with children.
Often, family travel is priced in a way that assumes two adults. Here, you simply pay for yourself, and we shape the week in a way that supports your setup.
It’s a small detail, but it makes a big difference in practice.
Considering a family holiday
If this feels like your kind of holiday, the next step is simply to explore whether it would suit your family.
“𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺?
𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴.
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 ‘𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭.’
Ruth, Blue Noun, 2025
For your children
This isn’t about your children behaving perfectly or trying to be anything other than themselves.
It’s about giving them space to be who they are — curious, noisy, quiet, playful — and to experience English as something they can belong to, not something they have to perform.
When children feel free to be themselves in another language, confidence builds naturally.
Further Information
If you’d like a clearer sense of how a week comes together for families, you can read more here:
Considering a family holiday
If this feels like your kind of holiday, the next step is simply to explore whether it would suit your family.
Further Information
Related Posts for Learning Professional English
