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About ofamily

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

Gruffalo madness

Posted on January 8, 2014 by ofamily

When my daughter was around 2 years old she discovered The Gruffalo.  So when I saw that the BBC was showing the movie over Christmas I taped it and her love for the Gruffalo was rediscovered.  However this time both … Continue reading →

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Sensory Bins

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ofamily

Both the kids love sensory bins.  It is something which I only found out about when I started doing research into home education. Our latest sensory bin has been an animal one.  Pink had great fun keeping the carnivores apart … Continue reading →

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Making a car garage

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ofamily

I love Pinterest.  I spend hours going through the boards looking for ideas on how to make our learning fun.  One of the things I really like about Pinterest is I can show a picture to Pink of what we … Continue reading →

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No fuss Kiddies Art

Posted on January 6, 2014 by ofamily

One of the things about homeschooling is you sometimes need to have something in the cupboard that you can grab and it needs little prep work.  I found these paint pads from ELC about a month ago and they have … Continue reading →

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Why Home Education ?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by ofamily

I never thought I would home school.  I always thought that once the kids went to school I would go back to work but my daughter needed me to adapt my ideas so that she could thrive and I believe … Continue reading →

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