Author Archives: ofamily
Butterfly suncatchers
Last weekend we released our butterflies from their Insect Lore Butterfly Garden and as exciting as the whole thing was my daughter said she has missed having the butterflies in the house. So we thought we would turn our sliding … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Craft Ideas
Tagged activity village, butterfly craft, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Insect Lore, suncatchers
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The Night Zookeeper
We are very much in a creative, literacy mode at the moment. Both the kids have been immersing themselves in stories and then creative games or activities based on the stories. I have loved watching this unfold. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged children's book, educational resources, english resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling
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The Life and Times of William Shakespeare
We were sent a lovely set of Big CAT readers over a month ago and we have been loving them. We used the Tutankhamun’s Tomb book when we went to do a tomb painting workshop at the British Museum and … Continue reading
Posted in English Ideas
Tagged activity village, Big Cat readers, English Ideas, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Shakespeare
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Talking about Angles
We have spoken about different angles before but just briefly so I decided it was time to start looking at them a bit closer. To begin with we just stuck to three angles – right angles, acute angles and obtuse … Continue reading
Posted in maths ideas
Tagged activity village, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, learning resources, maths ideas
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Myth Match Book
My kids have been in a very creative mode lately, they have been inventing all types of new dragons and other creatures so last week when the Myth Match book arrived it was a perfect fit for the current interest. … Continue reading
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