Author Archives: ofamily
Creating four Quadrant Coordinate Pictures
I was recently searching for some new coordinate pictures to use with the kids and although I could find a number with just one quadrant I could not find that many using all four quadrants so I decided to have … Continue reading
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Tagged activity village, coordinates, four quadrants, free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, maths
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Arithmetic Workbooks – extra Maths practice examples we have been using
Earlier this year I was looking for some extra Maths practice examples. I already had books that we were using for explaining the different maths concepts and I am totally happy at creating a few of my own maths pages … Continue reading
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Tagged educational books, home ed, home education, homeschooling, maths practice, maths workbooks
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Time Hunters. Fun adventure stories with a bit of History
I have mentioned a few times that my youngest is NOT as big a history fan as his older sister but he does like reading and I discovered with the How to Train Your Dragon books – if I find … Continue reading
Secondary History Book – Medieval Britain
In the beginning of June we were out shopping and I happened to stop at a book store to browse through some educational books for the kids. While I was paging through a few books my daughter spotted two of … Continue reading
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Tagged British History, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Key Stage 3, secondary resources
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Summer Holiday Break?
One of the big questions everyone seems to be asking at the moment is do you break for Summer Holidays? If so when do you start and for how long? I don’t like answering No we don’t or Yes we … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling
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DK Insect Book
In May my son spotted this DK Insect book at our local library and we immediately borrowed it. It turned out to be a little gem of insect facts for my son. He has poured over this book, page by … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, biology, children's book, educational books, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Insects, nature science
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Wild Flowers and a Log Pile
I tend to write lots of posts about the books and resources that we use but one area I probably don’t talk about that much is our garden. It is such a sanctuary for the kids. Last year when we … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling
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