Author Archives: ofamily
What Your Year 6 Child Needs to Know – A Core Knowledge Book
I am in the middle of writing posts about the different resources I am planning on using for my daughters year 7 and I realized I never actually wrote a post about the Core Knowledge Year 6 Book (What your … Continue reading
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Tagged Core Knowledge books, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Key Stage 3, Year 6
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There is no one shoe that fits all
I recently had an interesting chat with one of my home education mom friends. It started because she has been reading a book about home education that was just disheartening. The author had a set idea about how you do … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling
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Way of the Waves – A Viking Mystery for Kids
Last year my kids were introduced to Alva – a feisty Viking girl who was brave but kind, not one to conform to the traditional views of girls and she even had a pet wolf. (Yes a pet wolf and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxons, children's book, Historical Fiction, History, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Vikings
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Starting Year 7 – History Ideas
History is a BIG topic for my daughter, she really loves learning about all the different periods and the characters that lived in them. So we end up doing a LOT of history which means we always end up with … Continue reading
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Tagged British History, History, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Key Stage 3, Medieval, Tudors
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Space Race Game – a Physics Game Review
We already own two of the Oaka Books Games (The Predators and Producers game and the On the Map game) and both have been popular board games my kids. Both games have been a fun learning activity and one that … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, learning resources, Oaka Books, Physics, science
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Starting Year 7 – English Literature Ideas
As of September by daughter will technically be moving into Year 7 (the start of Secondary school in the UK). Over the past 6 months she has naturally started working on longer projects and reading more complex books both of … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, English Literature, home ed, home education, homeschooling, KS3, Shakespeare, Twinkl
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Warrior Cats
Earlier this year (I think it was sometime in April) I borrowed the first Warrior Cats book for our local library thinking it might appeal to my daughter (she was ten at the time) but before she even had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Book series, children's book, Fictional Fun, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Warrior Cats
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