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About ofamily

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

Dice Games for Kids book

I recently mentioned that one of the permanent parts of our Maths basket is our dice.  I find dice a very versatile Maths tools, starting with basic number recognition and counting up to addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.  Dice are … Continue reading

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Colourful Santa again

When my daughter was younger we printed out some colourful Santa’s from Twinkl, she loved them so when we were finished with the Santa’s I packed them away and this past week while we were trying to tidy up for … Continue reading

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Linking Decimals to Fractions

Maths for my daughter needs to include using her hands and being involved.  Giving her worksheet after worksheet without using manipulatives does not work for her.  While we have been working on decimals we have once again been using our … Continue reading

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Lucy’s Magic Snow Globe

I have mentioned a few times that my daughter tends to stick to certain types of reading books – she likes factual, non-fiction books as that way she does not have to deal with characters who get injured or kids … Continue reading

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5 favourite new home-ed items from 2017

I am very lucky that my blog has now gotten to that stage where we sometimes get to test out educational activities and books.  It is without a doubt a big bonus when you are home-educating as let’s be honest … Continue reading

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