Tag Archives: children’s book

New Resources

Posted on September 7, 2018 by ofamily

I get ridiculously giddy with excitement when we get some new resources (yes I am not joking – lets just call it a side-effect of being a home-educating mom).  I don’t buy all of our resources upfront I tend to … Continue reading →

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Knock Knock Joke Book for the family

Posted on August 25, 2018 by ofamily

My daughter has always struggled with humour, she does not always understand it and as a result can get very frustrated.  So we wanted to try to help her a bit by introducing her to some jokes at home, explaining … Continue reading →

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Riddle of the Runes Review

Posted on August 15, 2018 by ofamily

We have been reading a lot of Viking books lately (fictional and factual) but my daughter did point out a few weeks ago that the women Vikings are never the main characters.  Which was true until now.  Oxford University Press … Continue reading →

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Free book activities from the Oxford University Press website

Posted on July 3, 2018 by ofamily

I have mentioned a few times that we have two little bookworms in our house – they love their books and I love encouraging their reading and finding fun activities based on books that they have enjoyed.  We were recently … Continue reading →

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Black Beauty Book

Posted on June 13, 2018 by ofamily

Both my kids are really into the more classic children’s stories  – Heidi, Gulliver’s Travels, Secret Garden and Black Beauty.  They have been listening to audio versions of the stories while we drive to our different activities and then they … Continue reading →

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