Category Archives: Homeschooling

Beginner Spanish Folder

Posted on January 15, 2015 by ofamily

Over the Christmas period the kids watched the Usborne First Fun with Spanish DVD a lot.  It is a very simple DVD but the kids enjoy it and they picked up lots of Spanish words just from watching it. Pink … Continue reading →

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Australian animal writing practice

Posted on January 13, 2015 by ofamily

Both my kids love any learning activity which involves animals.  So when I try to come up with writing activities for Pink I often end up doing something with animals. We started off with the Australian animal word mat (FREE … Continue reading →

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More Prehistoric fun

Posted on January 12, 2015 by ofamily

I am glad to report that Prehistoric Park is still going strong in our house.  My kids just love it, they have made their own game where they go and look for Dinosaurs to bring back to their own Prehistoric … Continue reading →

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More hearts

Posted on January 10, 2015 by ofamily

My daughter loved making her tissue paper heart cards so I thought we would try another heart craft together.  I cut some heart shapes out of old cereal boxes and we got out our old wool bag (we have left … Continue reading →

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We love our snap cubes

Posted on January 8, 2015 by ofamily

I really want to make sure that the kids do not develop a fear of Maths.  I want them to be confident in Maths and I want them to understand it.   I have found that with my kids one of … Continue reading →

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