Tag Archives: activity village

Encouraging writing with Story Starter Cubes

Posted on October 15, 2017 by ofamily

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 →

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The Scarecrow’s Wedding craft and writing

Posted on October 7, 2017 by ofamily

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 →

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Hedgehog crafty fun with a template

Posted on October 3, 2017 by ofamily

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 →

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Christopher Columbus

Posted on September 22, 2017 by ofamily

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 →

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Spider Art

Posted on August 31, 2017 by ofamily

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 →

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