Author Archives: ofamily
Frog Diary / Frog Life Cycle
I mentioned how much my son is enjoying the Animal Diaries and we now have a third one – Frog (Animal Diaries). And it is just as good as the other two. It is written in the same format – … Continue reading
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Tagged activity village, children's book, frogs, home ed, home education, homeschooling, life cycles, nature science
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Current Posters and Boards
We have a few cork boards scattered around the house which we use to display different learning pages. It is something we have done for years as it helps both my kids. They are visual learners and we have found … Continue reading
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Tagged activity village, Education Posters, english resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Twinkl
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Animal Diaries
On a recent library trip we spotted an interesting looking book Shark (Animal Diaries) and with my son’s current fascination of sharks we immediately borrowed it. It is such a brilliant book that I have since gone back and borrowed … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged animals, children's book, educational books, home ed, home education, homeschooling, nature science, sharks, spiders
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Taking a week off
This past week has been one of those weeks when we all really needed a break so we took it. I had a few medical appointments scheduled for the week and I was feeling very apprehensive about them. So much … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling, parenting
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Anglo-Saxon Non-Ficton Reading
The kids have loved all the Anglo-Saxon Historical Fiction books that we have been reading and although the books are very good at explaining which sections are fact and which are fictional I still wanted to reinforce some of the … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Anglo-Saxons, Big Cat readers, British History, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling
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Maths Mystery pages from Twinkl
I have mentioned a number of times that we like to do quite a bit of Maths practice. We realized fairly early that my daughter needed lots of maths practice so that she would be confident in maths (maths is … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, maths activity, maths ideas, Twinkl
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Bringing The Lady of the Mercians and King Athelstan to life
We have read a few Anglo-Saxon historical fiction books lately, every one has highlighted different aspects of that time and they seem to keep adding more and more to our knowledge and understanding of that time period. Our latest have … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxons, British History, children's book, History, home ed, home education, homeschooling
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