Author Archives: ofamily
Tara Binns – STEM jobs for young girls
The Tara Binns books are a new series by Collins (part of their BIG CAT reading series) and when they asked if we would like to review them I immediately said yes. These books have a female character learning about … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged Big Cat readers, children's book, home ed, home education, homeschooling, STEM, strong female characters
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More Frogs and little Toad
Both my kids are currently tadpole obsessed. We have a number of them in a local pond near our house, our neighbour has some in his garden pond and we now have a few in our garden. And when I … Continue reading
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Tagged activity village, Animal skeletons, frogs, home ed, home education, life cycles, nature science
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How Mountains Are Made
After watching a Planet Earth episode my son decided he wanted to relook at how mountains are formed. So while we were at the library picking up reserved books we quickly went to search for a mountain book and he … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged children's book, educational resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, kids geography, ks2
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Wyrmstooth Crown by Twinkl
It’s no secret I have two little bookworms. They love books and I have often found story-based learning activities to be big hits with both the kids. So we thought we would try one of the more complex Twinkl eBooks … Continue reading
Posted in English Ideas
Tagged children's book, english resources, home ed, home education, homeschooling, ks2, Twinkl
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Going Against the Trend
We recently had a birthday and over the course of the birthday week I have had a number of insightful conversations with the birthday girl. All of which have yet once again reinforced why I am so happy that we … Continue reading
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Tagged home ed, home ed life, home educating mom, home education, homeschooling, parenting
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