Category Archives: Homeschooling

There is no one shoe that fits all

Posted on August 14, 2019 by ofamily

I recently had an interesting chat with one of my home education mom friends. It started because she has been reading a book about home education that was just disheartening. The author had a set idea about how you do … Continue reading →

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Starting Year 7 – History Ideas

Posted on August 9, 2019 by ofamily

History is a BIG topic for my daughter, she really loves learning about all the different periods and the characters that lived in them.  So we end up doing a LOT of history which means we always end up with … Continue reading →

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Space Race Game – a Physics Game Review

Posted on August 7, 2019 by ofamily

We already own two of the Oaka Books Games (The Predators and Producers game and the On the Map game) and both have been popular board games my kids. Both games have been a fun learning activity and one that … Continue reading →

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Starting Year 7 – English Literature Ideas

Posted on August 1, 2019 by ofamily

As of September by daughter will technically be moving into Year 7 (the start of Secondary school in the UK). Over the past 6 months she has naturally started working on longer projects and reading more complex books both of … Continue reading →

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Warrior Cats

Posted on July 31, 2019 by ofamily

Earlier this year (I think it was sometime in April) I borrowed the first Warrior Cats book for our local library thinking it might appeal to my daughter (she was ten at the time) but before she even had a … Continue reading →

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