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About ofamily

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

Compound Word Folder

We have been working a lot on spelling lately and as part of that we have been talking about compound words and how often when we spell larger words it is simply two smaller words put together. We used the … Continue reading

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Maths using snap cubes and scales

I think our snap cubes were one of the first items I bought when we decided to go down the homeschooling route, and they have proven to be an excellent investment in the kids education and my sanity. We have … Continue reading

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Rush Hour Junior – a fantastic problem solving game for young kids

First let me state – this is not a paid for post and I have not been given this game to review.  I bought the Rush Hour Junior game (affiliate link) as a Christmas present for my 5-year-old son and … Continue reading

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Addition and subtraction with lego and a dice

My youngest is always full of questions – often the questions center around dinosaurs or animals but lately we have been having lots of chats about having two more or two less.  Often around food eg  Mom if I have … Continue reading

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Tumbling monkey fun

I love the look of the  “Year of the Monkey” pages on Activity Village, they have some really cute pages. As soon as I saw their tumbling monkey pages, they screamed fun learning activities so I printed and cut them … Continue reading

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