Category Archives: Homeschooling

Simple Verb and Noun Sticking activity

Posted on October 15, 2015 by ofamily

I mentioned in an earlier post that we have been working on a number of different things all at the same time (totally driven by the rascals constant questions).  One of these “themes” if I can call it that has … Continue reading →

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Write your own Percy the Park Keeper Story

Posted on October 14, 2015 by ofamily

I have been trying to encourage my daughter to write short stories.  She is not a natural story-teller like her younger brother but we are slowly getting there.  One of the things that seem to work with her is if … Continue reading →

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Simple home-made doubling and halving aid

Posted on October 8, 2015 by ofamily

I actually made this a while ago for my daughter but never included photos on the blog.  As  I have recently received a number of comments about the maths goodies that the kids use and some have asked for more … Continue reading →

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Using Stabilo 3-in-1 pencils on laminated pages

Posted on October 6, 2015 by ofamily

We have been using our STABILO 3-in-1 pencils for over three years now and for some reason I never thought of using them on our laminated pages.  I wish I had tried this earlier.  They write beautifully and they wipe … Continue reading →

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Telling the time lapbook / folder for young kids

Posted on September 30, 2015 by ofamily

Both the kids are really enjoying the mini-lapbooks / folders that we have been using so with my son’s new desire to learn how to tell the time I thought I would make him a simple folder to use.  We … Continue reading →

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