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About ofamily

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

Dinosaur Lapbook, Dinosaur Folder

Last week we made a very basic Dinosaur Lapbook for Blue.  Blue will be 4 years old in 2 weeks time but he is determined that he must be given school work with his sister so I was hoping that … Continue reading

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Present pictures – fun and easy to do

I love doing art and crafts with my kids but after spending the last few nights awake with both kids my normal eagerness for getting creative is just not there.  So my answer – print out basic colouring in pictures … Continue reading

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Making a My body Lapbook

Pink has never been that interested in learning about bodies or anything related but a few months ago we bought this lovely book  Usborne Flip-Flap Body Book (affiliate link)      She loves it, she often just sits on the couch … Continue reading

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Christmas card with pop up pile of presents

The kids and I have been making some Christmas present cards.  We tried something new this year – it a Christmas card activity that I did when I was at school.  I liked the idea of trying this as the … Continue reading

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Number Peg cards

We are going through a bit of a number peg card craze in our house lately.  Blue has done a number of different ones. (links are all below the photos) Number recognition cards (1 – 10) peg activity  (FREE on … Continue reading

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