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About ofamily

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

Sutton Hoo

Posted on October 8, 2019 by ofamily

Last year we looked at the Anglo-Saxons in quite a lot of detail and we read about Sutton Hoo but our focus was on the life of the Anglo-Saxons, the migrations and the different kingdoms and rulers. We visited the … Continue reading →

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English Literature Update – Black Beauty

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ofamily

Over the summer I wrote a number of “starting Year 7” posts where I mentioned the different resources that we were planning on using. So I thought I would give an update on one item that is proving to be … Continue reading →

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Bee Boy Book 2 and Book 3.

Posted on September 30, 2019 by ofamily

About 2 weeks ago I came downstairs to find my son lost in the second Bee Boy Book (The Attack of the Zombees). We have had this copy for a little while but he has been reading a few series … Continue reading →

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K’Nex just never gets old

Posted on September 25, 2019 by ofamily

We have recently been going through one of our K’Nex phases where the kids just seem to build creation after creation. And I realized it was just over 2 years ago that we started with our first K’Nex box – … Continue reading →

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Free Times Table Dominoes

Posted on September 23, 2019 by ofamily

I have mentioned a number of times that both my kids like to practice maths with dominoes – well a maths version of dominoes. Nothing fancy just match two sides of the dominoe cards together. I was recently searching for … Continue reading →

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