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Encouraging writing with Story Starter Cubes
One of our areas of focus at the moment is story writing. My oldest is not a fan of writing stories, she says she never knows what to write. And when she does write she tends to write facts, not … Continue reading
Posted in English Ideas
Tagged activity village, home education, homeschooling, learning resources, story cubes, story pages, story writing
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The Scarecrow’s Wedding craft and writing
We have not done fun crafty story based activities for ages but I noticed the past week that my youngest has been reading and rereading The Scarecrows’ Wedding to himself so I thought it might be fun to use the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Ideas
Tagged activity village, autumn, home education, homeschooling, julia donaldson, scarecrow craft, The Scarecrow's Wedding
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Hedgehog crafty fun with a template
There is something about Autumn that makes you think of hedgehog and Squirrel crafts and since we have done a few squirrel crafts we thought we would have a go at some hedgehogs. Everyone has been feeling a bit tired … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Craft Ideas
Tagged activity village, Autumn crafts, childrens craft, hedgehogs, home education, homeschooling, paper craft, sand art
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Christopher Columbus
One of the books that both my kids have been enjoying is their Christopher Columbus (Young Reading Level 3). They have found the story fascinating, lots of comments about how could people have thought the earth was flat, how did … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged activity village, Christopher Columbus, History, history books, home education, homeschooling, Usborne books
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Spider Art
My youngest is the normally the more reluctant artist but then every so often we discover an art activity that he loves and he just can’t get enough. For any art activity to be a hit with him it has … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Craft Ideas
Tagged activity village, children's art, home education, homeschooling, spider craft, template art
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Colouring with Tissue Paper Detail
When my daughter was younger she was not a fan of colouring in but she loved crafting so we tried to combine the two as much as we could. And one of the activities that stuck with us is colouring … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Craft Ideas
Tagged activity village, children's art, childrens craft, home education, homeschooling, tissue paper
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Sudoku for kids from Activity Village
I must confess I was one of those people who went through a Sudoku craze. I loved doing them so last year when I spotted that Activity Village had a Sudoku for kids pack in their shop I naturally wanted … Continue reading
