Category Archives: Homeschooling
Writing for Fun
I remember about 3 years ago I was constantly worried that my daughter was not interested in writing. AT ALL. Yes she would write as part of an activity that we did but if I suggested just writing a paragraph, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, english, home ed, home education, homeschooling, story writing
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Plural words
Someone spotted part of a plural spelling rules page that I had handwritten and stuck up in our kitchen for my son. He has been learning the plural spelling rules and needed a visual reminder to help him. It really … Continue reading
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Tagged english resources, free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, plurals, spelling
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Yes we watch Documentaries
Yes we do use documentaries as a form of learning. And please before I go further it is ONE of many forms of learning. If you read the blog you will know we LOVE our books and I think have … Continue reading
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Tagged History, home ed, home ed life, home education, homeschooling, parenting
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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
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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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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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Wrapping Up Circuits
We have never really done “official” electric circuit learning as such, instead we have two different circuit sets and the kids have both just played with them and I must admit that by just simply playing around with the sets … Continue reading
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Tagged electric circuits, free printables, home ed, home education, homeschooling, science, Twinkl
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