Category Archives: Homeschooling

Label the world – English and Afrikaans

Pink already knows the continents in English but we have been learning the oceans names and I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the Afrikaans names as well. I used the free blank map on Twinkl (if … Continue reading

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Role Playing fun

The past few weeks my kids have been having a blast playing cafe with the added bonus that Pink has been practicing her writing, her reading and her Maths in a fun relaxed manner. Our “Cafe” is from Ikea, the … Continue reading

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Stone Age to Bronze Age

Pink is still talking about the Stone Age people and how they lived in caves and needed fire to survive and is very keen to know what happened next.  In her words “mommy surely they did not go from using … Continue reading

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Night Monkey Day monkey

If you read my blog on a regular basis you probably know by now that we love using our favourite story books as springboards for learning.  We have had Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson on our family bookshelf … Continue reading

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Rockets with straws

I was getting all geared up to make some rockets with my little boy.  I collected a bunch of great goodies all ready but my little man just wanted to build paper planes.  The two older boys next door to … Continue reading

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