Category Archives: Homeschooling

Water beads, beans and weighing

Posted on October 30, 2014 by ofamily

My kids really love their water beads and I love how they have been incorporated into their play (they make great pretend cargo for the trucks and trains). Pink has had quite a sensory challenge with water so I am … Continue reading →

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Spiders, spiders and some more spiders

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ofamily

When we first started homeschooling Pink, I would do all my planning, printing, filing while the kids where sleeping.  It is much quicker and easier this way however I no longer tend to do that, crazy yes I know.  But … Continue reading →

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Mommy wars – why ?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by ofamily

I do not use the word HATE often but I am using it now – I HATE these mommy wars.  And I think the main reason is I do not understand why we have them. I gave birth to my … Continue reading →

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The Owl’s lesson and Owl Babies

Posted on October 24, 2014 by ofamily

Pink is still reading the Owl Babies story over and over.  So when a recent trip to our local Oxfam store resulted in us finding a copy of this sweet Percy the Park Keeper story called The Owls Lesson and … Continue reading →

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Construction play area

Posted on October 21, 2014 by ofamily

We have a new sensory play area and the kids are loving it. The blue mat is actually their large art messy mat, my attempt at trying to contain some of the excess sand.  I cut open some old Amazon … Continue reading →

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