Author Archives: ofamily
Born Free Books
Earlier this week my son discovered our 3 Born Free books and he adores them. I came downstairs one morning to find him totally mesmerized by the story. And he did not want to do anything except for read the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged animal books, Born Free, children's book, educational books, home ed, home education
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Tough Days
I actually stopped and rewrote this post a few times for the simple reason that whenever I admit I have had a tough few days I normally get the response – “So just stick them in school ” – which … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged home ed, home ed life, home educating mom, home education, home educator, homeschooling
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Why I prefer printing colouring pages to colouring books
When we first had kids I fell into that mindset of buying colouring books and they were never used and then I would see another one in the store and think “Wow this is the one!” and buy that and … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged activity village, children's art, colouring pages, home education, homeschooling, Mrs Mactivity, Twinkl
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Review -Understanding Maths – Number Patterns and Algebra Workbook
We are big fans of the Schofield & Sims workbooks and last year we used one of the workbooks from their Understanding Maths range (The Geometry One) and I was so impressed with it that I bought a few more … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged educational books, home ed, home education, homeschooling, ks2 maths, maths workbooks, Schofield&Sims
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Encouraging their 2nd language
From day one of being parents we have spoken to the kids in our own home languages (I grew up in an English home and my hubbie grew up in an Afrikaans home). We have stuck to it and now … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged Afrikaans, children's book, home ed, home education, homeschooling, languages, parenting
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ofamily learning together 