Tag Archives: children’s book

Days of the week and story sums

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ofamily

I printed off these Hamish Cat Days of the week (from the Lighthouse Keeper story resources created by Twinkl – free to download) around 3 years ago when my daughter was reading the whole set of Lighthouse books (old post … Continue reading →

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Painting-in Book (easy art) – we Love this book !!!

Posted on February 19, 2017 by ofamily

I enjoy doing arts and crafts, it is definitely a “comfortable- learning – activity” area for me.  But as a busy home-educating mom I always LOVE finding something that is easy for me (ie require little or no preparation), is … Continue reading →

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My favourite Usborne Flap books

Posted on December 3, 2016 by ofamily

I recently received an email asking which book is our (my kids and mine) favourite Usborne flap book (they were referring to the Look Inside / See Inside Range of books by Usborne).  Wow what a question.  I thought about … Continue reading →

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Colour Together Nature Book

Posted on November 28, 2016 by ofamily

The kids and I often do art activities together, we will sometimes jointly colour in a picture, draw together on a large piece of paper or even paint together.  My oldest in particular enjoys it when we do joint art … Continue reading →

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It’s Fun to draw Sea Creatures

Posted on November 16, 2016 by ofamily

My kids animal drawing books have been such a big hit with the kids and me (everyone needs some easy art activities where the kids can open a book up and follow the instructions without too much parent input – … Continue reading →

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