Author Archives: ofamily
Writing mocks at an exam center and what went wrong
We are busy preparing for more IGCSE exams in October/November so we decided to sit another round of mocks. Now I know mocks are an added expense for home educators and the cost of paying for exams is already expensive … Continue reading
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Tagged GCSE, home eduacting teens, home education, homeschooling, IGCSE, mock exams
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Edexcel IGCSE History Russia and the Soviet Union 1905-24 Question Cards, with Answers
While preparing for my daughter’s IGCSE History exam I discovered that there are just not as many question revision resources for History as there are for the Science subjects. And I am not talking about exam practice questions I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Edexcel IGCSE History, home education, homeschooling, Lenin, Russian History
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner – another Twilight book
A few months ago my daughter discover the Twilight books and fell into the world of the Cullen Vampires (she is now a huge fan of this series of Books). One of the interesting things about the Twilight series is … Continue reading
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Tagged home education, homeschooling, KS3 reading, Stephenie Meyer, twilight
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You Can Draw in 30 Days – a useful drawing book
My son really enjoys drawing but he is not that keen on me teaching him how to draw so I have actually mostly left him to do some drawing videos online and given him a few tips and suggestions. But … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, educational resources, home education, homeschooling, how to draw, kids art
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Factology Vikings – Book Review
When my kids were younger we spent ages going through a Viking phase in our home education. It was actually really fun, we read all sorts of books and did a bunch of fun activities, so when I spotted this … Continue reading
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Tagged eduactional resources, home education, homeschooling, ks2, KS2 History, Vikings
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