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About ofamily

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

Making a Brown Bear Brown Bear mini-book

Posted on January 27, 2015 by ofamily

Both my kids loved the Eric Carle book “Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see ” when they where a bit younger.  So when I saw these lovely stick puppets (Free to download from Twinkl) I knew they would … Continue reading →

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Cut-out Heart card

Posted on January 23, 2015 by ofamily

We love making cards in our house.  It started off as an activity to encourage my daughter to write and now it is one of our favourite art activities. We started this card by tracing around a large heart template … Continue reading →

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Afrikaans Lapbook

Posted on January 22, 2015 by ofamily

My little boy’s Afrikaans has really come along in leaps and bounds lately (he is not as fluent as big sister) so I wanted to keep the momentum going and thought the kids and I would try to make our … Continue reading →

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Matching stars maths activity

Posted on January 20, 2015 by ofamily

We love sensory tubs and I have learnt with my daughter that she enjoys it when I mix a sensory tub idea with some of her learning cards.  So I printed off these lovely stars matching cards from Twinkl (Platinum).  … Continue reading →

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Kids Dragon making

Posted on January 15, 2015 by ofamily

We have been making some dragons the last few days.  Some of the results may not look 100 % like dragons but the kids had a blast and after all that is the most important thing. My favourite dragon is … Continue reading →

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