Author Archives: ofamily
Starting home education
I know there are a number of people who are starting their home education journey at the moment and I have seen lots of posts from people worried about it so here are my thoughts on starting home education. Stop, … Continue reading
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Creative Stories
Both of my kids enjoy writing their own creative stories. And I am often amazed by what they come up with and with how much they actually write. Sometimes they take stories they have written and change an event half … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, educational games, home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling
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A piece of paper, a pen and the kitchen table
I love using workbooks and worksheets, it just helps me feel organised and feel like I am covering everything. And that is why I write so many posts about the workbooks and worksheets that we use and like (I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling, parenting
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Keeping busy with the Micro:bit
Okay so confession time. I am not the most clued up about coding or how to teach it to the kids. It is one area that I know we need to work on. But we recently discovered something called the … Continue reading
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Tagged coding activities, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, introducing coding
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Starting Year 8 – Science Ideas
For my daughter’s Year 7 science we actually had 2 books – one was a Collins and one was an Oxford one. And I started the year not knowing which one we would use, so we dipped in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, KS3, secondary resources, Year 8
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ofamily learning together 