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About ofamily

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

Art History for Kids

Posted on July 9, 2020 by ofamily

I have a confession to make. I Love Art History. It was my favourite subject at school (well Art History and History) but for some reason we have not included a lot of Art History in our home education. We … Continue reading →

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Light Topic pack from Oaka Books

Posted on July 3, 2020 by ofamily

I mentioned in my previous post that we have just covered Light in Science. And one of the resources that we used was our Oaka Books Topic Pack on Light. While we were using it an interesting shift happened for … Continue reading →

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Light

Posted on July 2, 2020 by ofamily

As part of Science we have been looking at Light and we used 3 different resources.  The light section from our Activate book, a Light reading book that we have (Light: Band 17/Diamond (Collins Big Cat)) and our Oaka Books … Continue reading →

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Joan of Arc

Posted on June 26, 2020 by ofamily

We have been looking at the Hundred Year War (well actually 116 years) between France and England in our History. It is a fascinating period. We have looked at quite a few of the English characters in detail so I … Continue reading →

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Fiction Workbook for KS2

Posted on June 24, 2020 by ofamily

My kids enjoy writing stories. They often take a book they have read and then recreate their own version of it or they just create random stories. And I must be honest I have enjoyed watching them do their own … Continue reading →

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