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About ofamily

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

Staying Alive Book (The story of the Food Chain)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by ofamily

Staying Alive – The story of a Food Chain – is one of those books that my kids come back to time and time again.  The book deals with a few animal science concepts but it is done in a … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Animal Life Cycle Book

Posted on July 8, 2016 by ofamily

We have recently been going through a bit of an animal life cycle craze.  The kids already knew a lot about different animal life cycles but they have been asking more and more questions and we have been reading more … Continue reading →

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Fish and Turtle Tissue paper art

Posted on July 6, 2016 by ofamily

We did some bleeding tissue paper a while ago – it made very pretty writing paper. So the kids were eager to try it again but this time they wanted to use it with some pictures (my son is not … Continue reading →

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Easy Crafts to do with Kids

Posted on July 3, 2016 by ofamily

I love kids crafts but lets be honest lots of the crafts that you see on Pinterest involve some set up time (possibly need to buy stuff first), a fair bit of adult supervision and some clean up afterwards.  On … Continue reading →

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Core Knowledge Books that we use

Posted on July 1, 2016 by ofamily

I am a bookworm. I tend to read lots of different books about any topic which is affecting our lives.  I believe that the more you read the more informed you are.  Some books I read cover to cover and … Continue reading →

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