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Measuring Animals

Posted on February 16, 2019 by ofamily

Last weekend my son started using his tape measure (we gave him a tape measure together with a few other items in an “explorer” backpack as a Christmas present) to show me the lengths of different snakes. It was a … Continue reading →

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Tracing is so much more than just tracing

Posted on January 26, 2019 by ofamily

My son loves tracing pictures.  He will often stick a colouring page up on one of the sliding doors, stick a piece of paper over and trace the picture.  Now I know tracing is NOT the same as drawing, it … Continue reading →

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Horace and Harriet – Friends, Romans, Statues

Posted on November 14, 2018 by ofamily

I definitely feel like we have hit the right combination of reading material with my daughter – she loves reading non-fiction as well as historical based stories, stories with a slight adventure and stories with strong women characters.  But my … Continue reading →

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Free Measurement Dominoes

Posted on October 6, 2018 by ofamily

We have been talking quite a bit about metric units for measuring length and how you convert from mm to m, cm to m or mm to cm. We did lots of hands on examples where the kids walked around … Continue reading →

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Vikings in Britain

Posted on August 9, 2018 by ofamily

I have mentioned a couple of time over the past few months that both my kids are loving Viking fiction stories and although the authors do manage to intertwine lots of Viking elements into the stories there is obviously still … Continue reading →

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