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DK’s Water Cycles Book
When you see a book title that says Water Cycles you immediately have an expectation regarding its contents. My expectation was the water cycle (rain, clouds, rivers etc) and animals that live in water (fresh water and salt water). But … Continue reading
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Why is it okay to discriminate against home educated kids?
To say I am fuming is an understatement. I spent yesterday afternoon in an email exchange with a provider who is very blatantly discriminating against kids who are home educated. I am not accepting it and I am taking it … Continue reading
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Home education is suppose to be difficult, a comment made by another home educator
I love having conversations with other home educating parents, we don’t always agree about everything but there is an understanding of what you are trying to achieve and an understanding of some of the issues. During one of my recent … Continue reading
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International GCSE Maths Books
I am slowly writing posts about resources that we are selecting for GCSE/IGCSE subjects. Maths is one that some people dread but I am actually not feeling like that. Maths questions have a logic to them, there are methods that … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home education, homeschooling, IGCSE, IGCSE Maths, KS4, maths
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The Guggenheim Mystery – with an autistic main character.
We recently read The London Eye Mystery and I was impressed with the way the author had written Ted, a character who is autistic and is portrayed in a realistic and positive manner. So when I discovered there was a … Continue reading
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