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Phases of the Moon Visual Aid

My youngest has a newish interest in the Solar System and I must admit I am enjoying the new topic.  We have had fun learning about the different planets, looking at clips showing the size difference and talking about the … Continue reading

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Collective Nouns

My kids love learning the different collective nouns that you get (especially the animal ones) and they often find them strange and funny – eg a parliament of owls. So we thought it would be fun to make some posters … Continue reading

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Learning about Tornadoes

We always seem to do our Weather learning in bits and pieces.  We find a good book or an interesting clip to watch and the kids learn something new but then we seem to quickly move on.  However recently the … Continue reading

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Victorian Railways

My daughter recently borrowed a number of Victorian books from the library and she is loving them.  But as much as she is finding History interesting, her younger brother is just not that interested.  He is definitely more interested in … Continue reading

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Lines of Symmetry

The kids and I have been talking a lot about lines of symmetry while we  have been looking at our Geometry and as part of that I have tried to include the idea of symmetry into some of the “arty … Continue reading

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