Category Archives: English Ideas
At Home With Punctuation Workbook Review
My son has really found the At Home with Spelling book helpful and easy to use (not too much in one go) so when I was wanting to revise some Punctuation I first looked to see if there was something … Continue reading
Encouraging writing with Story Starter Cubes
One of our areas of focus at the moment is story writing. My oldest is not a fan of writing stories, she says she never knows what to write. And when she does write she tends to write facts, not … Continue reading
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Tagged activity village, home education, homeschooling, learning resources, story cubes, story pages, story writing
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Little Acorns eBook and Calligrams
My kids love reading eBooks on the computer. We have download a bunch of traditional stories for them but they also love “new” stories. So this past week I download the Little Acorns ebook from the Twinkl Resources website. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Calligrams, creative kids, eBooks, English Ideas, home education, homeschooling, sight words, Twinkl
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Jack and the Beanstalk Colouring Story
One of the reasons I love home educating the kids is the ability to adjust our schedule to suit the family needs. We don’t stick to school holidays, rather we take breaks as we think the kids need it and … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book, home education, homeschooling, Mindfulness colouring, sight words, story activities, Twinkl
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Usborne Young Reading Series
I am a huge fan of the Usborne Beginners series. We have a large collection of the Beginners books and I have found them to be perfect for read alouds as well as brilliant beginner readers. My daughter used a … Continue reading
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Tagged english, History, home education, Home education books, homeschooling, readers, Usborne books
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