Category Archives: Homeschooling

IKEA goodies we use in our home-educating life

There is no denying our decision to home-educate the kids has meant I have become a lot more cost conscious.  We have gone from a two income family to a one income family where all the kids educational supplies and … Continue reading

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Equivalent fractions

My daughter has been figuring out equivalent fractions lately.  I say figuring out because she really has been teaching this to herself with just a little guidance from me, the use of her fraction towers and a few hands-on activities. … Continue reading

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Our Home Education Room (well areas)

Okay so maybe the title is a bit deceptive, we don’t really have one of those lovely home-ed rooms like I often see and absolutely love.  We don’t have a dedicated space but we have areas throughout our home that … Continue reading

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Add ing and drop the e

The kids and I have been talking about words with ing added on the end.  My youngest has just started coming across these words in his reading and his big sister was showing him how to break the word down … Continue reading

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Maths Practice with random sums

One of our new ways to practice some basic addition and subtraction sums  – it is very easy and quick to set up. We divided some number cards into two groups  (we used the Free to download 0-20 cauldron number … Continue reading

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