Category Archives: Homeschooling

Word Dominoes

Posted on January 31, 2014 by ofamily

One of the Christmas pressies this year was a box of dominoes and it has become one of the favourite games with both of the kids (Blue does need a little help but he generally gets it).  I remember seeing … Continue reading →

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Home educating = deep breaths

Posted on January 29, 2014 by ofamily

I have only been homeschooling for around 18 months but what I have come to realize is that when you home educate it is often more about your children teaching you then you teaching your children. Today was a good … Continue reading →

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Room on the Broom Fun

Posted on January 23, 2014 by ofamily

My kids love Julia Donaldson books and I have to admit as far as childrens books go they are not annoying like some can be.  After the Gruffalo madness seemed to calm down a bit both kids went witch mad.  … Continue reading →

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Animal Classification

Posted on January 21, 2014 by ofamily

Pink has a natural love of animals and is always asking me questions about animals- often the type of question that I can not answer so I was glad when she started asking me about the different groups of animals. … Continue reading →

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Tricky Word Fun

Posted on January 20, 2014 by ofamily

Pink has been coming along really well with her reading but I have noticed that there are a few words that she tends to mix up.  Here / Where / There are the main 3 words that she can get … Continue reading →

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