Author Archives: ofamily
New Books
I keep meaning to write regular posts about the books we find and enjoy and I never get around to writing them all. So here are four of our current top books we have discovered. Coming Home by Michael Morpurgo … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged Beowulf, children's book, Coming Home, home education, homeschooling, ks1 english, The Secret Garden
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Acorn Number Bond Tree
We have been working quite a lot on number bonds with my youngest and we recently chatted about how if 2 + 8 =10 then 20 +80 = 100. So I thought it might be fun to do something where … Continue reading
Posted in maths ideas
Tagged Acorns, Autumn tree, home education, homeschooling, maths activity, number bonds, Twinkl
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Encouraging writing with Story Starter Cubes
One of our areas of focus at the moment is story writing. My oldest is not a fan of writing stories, she says she never knows what to write. And when she does write she tends to write facts, not … Continue reading
Posted in English Ideas
Tagged activity village, home education, homeschooling, learning resources, story cubes, story pages, story writing
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Ronald the Rhino Book and App Fun
We were recently asked if we wanted to receive a copy of the new Twinkl original book Ronald the Rhino. Both my kids have already read the Twinkl original stories – Acorns and Bump into Space and enjoyed both of … Continue reading
Posted in Home education resources
Tagged books, home education, homeschooling, Ronald the Rhino, Twinkl, Twinkl APP
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The Drop in my Drink and The Pebble in my Pocket Review
The Drop in my Drink and The Pebble in my Pocket are two children’s books which look at the history of water on our planet and the history of Earth. If you are not teaching your kids about the Big … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, educational books, history of earth, home education, homeschooling, science
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