Category Archives: Homeschooling

Starting year 2 and making Collages

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ofamily

The kids and I had a blast this weekend experimenting with our food dye and bits and pieces out of the kitchen cupboards.  We started off dyeing some rice, mainly as we have done this a number of times before … Continue reading →

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Elmer and ballerina collages

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ofamily

I have been spending quite a lot of time on the Twinkl webiste looking for maths and english pages and just generally searching the website.  On one of these searches I came across these great looking Elmer colouring pages (Platinum … Continue reading →

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Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ofamily

We have been reading the The Lighthouse Keeper Stories: Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch AND The Lighhouse Keeper’s Picnic by Ronda Armitage.  The kids have been totally taken by the story they love the seagulls that steal the lunch and their reaction … Continue reading →

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Animal / begining of autumn sensory bin

Posted on August 24, 2014 by ofamily

I have been very lazy about updating the kids sensory bins over the summer, my excuse has been that we are enjoying the garden and the sand table (well really mud table) but with the weather turning a bit I … Continue reading →

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Year 2 Maths planning

Posted on August 23, 2014 by ofamily

Our learning tends to be a mixture of structure and child lead.  I let the kids take the lead in areas and topics that they are interested in but I like to do Maths and English in a structured way … Continue reading →

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