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About ofamily

Home educating family based in the UK. We try to make learning fun

Having fun writing poems

Posted on October 11, 2018 by ofamily

We are making a big effort to do more writing but we are trying really hard to find fun ways to work on the writing.  My oldest has gotten into writing book summaries for all the books she reads and … Continue reading →

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Side-steps are Good

Posted on October 10, 2018 by ofamily

I often worry are we doing enough ?  Are the kids making enough progress / improvement?  Sometimes it feels like instead of 3 steps forward 1 step back it is 5 steps in a totally random different direction that has … Continue reading →

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Free Measurement Dominoes

Posted on October 6, 2018 by ofamily

We have been talking quite a bit about metric units for measuring length and how you convert from mm to m, cm to m or mm to cm. We did lots of hands on examples where the kids walked around … Continue reading →

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Magical Myths and Legends Review

Posted on October 4, 2018 by ofamily

When I first heard about the Magical Myths and Legends book I immediately asked if we could review it.  Two reasons really, firstly Michael Morpurgo – really that is enough for us.  We are HUGE fans of his work and … Continue reading →

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Using Readers for History

Posted on September 29, 2018 by ofamily

I have mentioned a couple of times lately that my daughter is very interested in learning more History.  And the wonderful thing is she is not picky about which time period, she just wants to learn about anything and everything … Continue reading →

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