Category Archives: Homeschooling

Numbers and number bonds without writing

I have to admit I love worksheets.  I love printing off a page and getting Pink to complete it and then being able to file it away as proof that we have done something.  But I also have to admit … Continue reading

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Space here we come

My kids have never been interested in Space until a few weeks ago when they watched this You-Tube clip  Space shuttle launch .   Now my little boy is obsessed.  He walks around the house doing a countdown and they saying … Continue reading

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Baking Crunchies

It is true when they say that your sense can trigger a memory.  Today the kids and I baked some crunchies,  as soon as I took a bite I was back in my mom’s kitchen in South Africa.  I asked … Continue reading

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The Crunching Munching Caterpillar

We recently picked up a number of wonderful books at our local Oxfam shop and two of Blue’s favourites are The Crunching Munching Caterpillar (Very Noisy Picture Books) and The Very Lazy Ladybird (Very Noisy Picture Book) (Very Noisy Picture … Continue reading

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Apple Trees and picking apples

We have been speaking about going apple picking for a whole week so when I finally said that we would go today the kids where very excited.   Pink and I  made an apple word tree earlier in the week so … Continue reading

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