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About ofamily

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

Schofield & Sims Fractions Series

A little while ago Schofield & Sims sent us a pack of Fraction books (12 in total – 6 workbooks and 6 teacher’s guides).  This is our review of the set The set consists of 6 workbooks for Key stages … Continue reading

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Complementary Colour Paintings for kids

We have been going through one of our painting phases lately.  Combination of trying out new paints, rainy weather and the fact the kids discovered a new book – Usborne Art Book About Colour.  I must admit I was actually … Continue reading

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Equivalent Fraction Learning Activity

We love playing around with fractions and my daughter enjoys making folding aids so I thought we would try to combine the two.  As we have already used the Twinkl Circle Fractions in our paper plate fractions (which the kids … Continue reading

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At Home With Spelling Book Review

My son has recently started using a workbook by Oxford Press called At Home With Spelling 2 which is aimed at ages 5 to 7. Since I am that person who always reads everything I can about a book before … Continue reading

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Dive Into Shapes

I have been eyeing out the Learning Resources Dive into Shapes set for some time.  I wanted to find a hands on, fun way for the kids to explore shapes both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional and I kept coming … Continue reading

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