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About ofamily

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

Practicing shading with flower colouring pages

Posted on March 21, 2017 by ofamily

My daughter loves colouring in using abstract colours (eg flowers where every petal is a different colour) but lately she has been wanting to make her pictures more realistic.  We have been talking a lot about how objects are never … Continue reading →

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One of my home education essentials is my tablecloth

Posted on March 18, 2017 by ofamily

Yes you read the heading correctly.  A tablecloth.  When we first set out on this home education journey I made the rookie mistake of trying to buy a stack of educational goodies, I spent way too much, most of which … Continue reading →

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Snap Cubes verses Base Ten Set

Posted on March 16, 2017 by ofamily

I was recently asked if I had to choose between our Snap Cubes and our Base Ten set which one would I choose.  That is a really tough question.  We use both resources a LOT in our Maths activities but … Continue reading →

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100 Square sum activity

Posted on March 15, 2017 by ofamily

I like finding fun learning activities for my youngest to do while his older sister is busy with her learning activities. (Lately she has been asking for more and more activities so I am having to come up with extra … Continue reading →

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Addition and Subtraction Workbooks

Posted on March 12, 2017 by ofamily

My daughter has been working through two maths workbooks which are helping to build her “maths confidence” so I thought I write a post about them.  I purchased both maths books a few weeks ago hoping that would be good … Continue reading →

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