Author Archives: ofamily
Sharks ! a Chapter Book for Kids
My son is currently fascinated by marine animals and is wanting to learn more about sharks, whales and dolphins and although we have some of the stunning Usborne Beginner Chapter books which covered these animals and they are now too … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged animals, Chapter books, children's book, home ed, home education, homeschooling, sharks
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Tracing is so much more than just tracing
My son loves tracing pictures. He will often stick a colouring page up on one of the sliding doors, stick a piece of paper over and trace the picture. Now I know tracing is NOT the same as drawing, it … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Craft Ideas
Tagged children's art, free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, sharks, Twinkl
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Sister Queens
My daughter is enjoying her current History Theme – The Kings and Queens of Britain. She is creating a rather LARGE poster showing the lineage / timeline / key facts etc but she has also been going off on tangents … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged activity village, Big Cat readers, British History, home ed, home education, homeschooling, Sister Queens
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Learning from your Siblings projects
This past week has been a very relaxed learning week (I really needed a small break) but one thing that I realized was how much the kids were actually learning from the each other’s projects. What do I mean ? … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged home ed, home education, home educator, homeschooling, projects, Twinkl
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Born Free Books
Earlier this week my son discovered our 3 Born Free books and he adores them. I came downstairs one morning to find him totally mesmerized by the story. And he did not want to do anything except for read the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged animal books, Born Free, children's book, educational books, home ed, home education
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Tough Days
I actually stopped and rewrote this post a few times for the simple reason that whenever I admit I have had a tough few days I normally get the response – “So just stick them in school ” – which … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged home ed, home ed life, home educating mom, home education, home educator, homeschooling
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Why I prefer printing colouring pages to colouring books
When we first had kids I fell into that mindset of buying colouring books and they were never used and then I would see another one in the store and think “Wow this is the one!” and buy that and … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged activity village, children's art, colouring pages, home education, homeschooling, Mrs Mactivity, Twinkl
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