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About ofamily

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

Kids Mardi Gras Masks

Posted on February 23, 2017 by ofamily

The past week the kids have been going through a mask making spree.  The kids just recently watched Rio for the first time so they liked the idea of making some masks like the ones some of the people were … Continue reading →

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Days of the week and story sums

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ofamily

I printed off these Hamish Cat Days of the week (from the Lighthouse Keeper story resources created by Twinkl – free to download) around 3 years ago when my daughter was reading the whole set of Lighthouse books (old post … Continue reading →

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Painting-in Book (easy art) – we Love this book !!!

Posted on February 19, 2017 by ofamily

I enjoy doing arts and crafts, it is definitely a “comfortable- learning – activity” area for me.  But as a busy home-educating mom I always LOVE finding something that is easy for me (ie require little or no preparation), is … Continue reading →

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Times Table strategies we used

Posted on February 17, 2017 by ofamily

Over the weekend I received two emails asking me how I taught my daughter her times tables.  I started writing my response and realized that what I wanted to say was a lot longer that a quick email answer so … Continue reading →

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Match and Spell Next Step Game

Posted on February 16, 2017 by ofamily

We were recently sent the Orchard Toys Match and Spell Next Steps game.  We used the original game with my youngest last year (Match and Spell Game post) and found it useful in helping him with basic spelling words.  The … Continue reading →

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