Author Archives: ofamily

About ofamily

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

Easy Flower Wreath

Posted on April 28, 2018 by ofamily

This past week I spotted some lovely cheerful looking flower cut-out images on Activity Village and I immediately printed them, even though I had no idea what we were going to do with them. And as often happens with my … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Craft Ideas | Tagged activity village, children's craft, cutting skills, flowers, home ed, home education, homeschooling, wreath | 2 Comments

How To Train Your Dragon Stick Puppets

Posted on April 26, 2018 by ofamily

I mentioned before my kids are reading through the How To Train Your Dragon book series. They are loving the stories and the very colourful characters and all their strange activities. I must be honest I love the way these … Continue reading →

Posted in Homeschooling | Tagged free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, How To Train Your Dragon, Twinkl | 2 Comments

Building road systems

Posted on April 22, 2018 by ofamily

My youngest is fascinated by Engineering. He loves finding out how different structures have been built, the crazier the better and then he tries to recreate them. One of his favourites has been an airport on a man-made island in … Continue reading →

Posted in Homeschooling | Tagged home ed, home education, homeschooling, learning by playing, orchard toys, road systems | 1 Comment

Watercolour dabbling templates

Posted on April 20, 2018 by ofamily

We LOVE using Templates. I have quite a big collection of templates that we have printed and cut out (we always print ours out on cards just because we use them so often). I love using templates because it encourage … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Craft Ideas | Tagged activity village, animal art, children's art, home ed, home education, homeschooling, template art | 2 Comments

Teachit Primary Free Animal Resources

Posted on April 19, 2018 by ofamily

Earlier this year I discovered the Teachit Primary website and started using some of the Free resources. On the Teachit Primary website you can download all of their PDF documents by simply creating a FREE account. And they have A … Continue reading →