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About ofamily

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

Stone Age to Bronze Age

Pink is still talking about the Stone Age people and how they lived in caves and needed fire to survive and is very keen to know what happened next.  In her words “mommy surely they did not go from using … Continue reading

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Night Monkey Day monkey

If you read my blog on a regular basis you probably know by now that we love using our favourite story books as springboards for learning.  We have had Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson on our family bookshelf … Continue reading

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Rockets with straws

I was getting all geared up to make some rockets with my little boy.  I collected a bunch of great goodies all ready but my little man just wanted to build paper planes.  The two older boys next door to … Continue reading

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Numbers and number bonds without writing

I have to admit I love worksheets.  I love printing off a page and getting Pink to complete it and then being able to file it away as proof that we have done something.  But I also have to admit … Continue reading

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Space here we come

My kids have never been interested in Space until a few weeks ago when they watched this You-Tube clip  Space shuttle launch .   Now my little boy is obsessed.  He walks around the house doing a countdown and they saying … Continue reading

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