Tag Archives: home ed

Key Stage 2 Comprehension Books

Posted on May 17, 2018 by ofamily

Two Years ago I wrote a post about the comprehension books that we had used for year 2 (and into the start of year 3).  So I thought it was time to give an update and share which  Key Stage … Continue reading →

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Skip Counting Spiral Snakes

Posted on May 15, 2018 by ofamily

We are doing quite a bit of skip counting with my youngest at the moment mainly because he is busy learning his times tables.  We are just starting the three times so I wanted to find a fun way for … Continue reading →

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Butterfly suncatchers

Posted on May 13, 2018 by ofamily

Last weekend we released our butterflies from their Insect Lore Butterfly Garden and as exciting as the whole thing was my daughter said she has missed having the butterflies in the house.  So we thought we would turn our sliding … Continue reading →

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The Night Zookeeper

Posted on May 10, 2018 by ofamily

We are very much in a creative, literacy mode at the moment.  Both the kids have been immersing themselves in stories and then creative games or activities based on the stories.  I have loved watching this unfold.  One of the … Continue reading →

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The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

Posted on May 6, 2018 by ofamily

We were sent a lovely set of Big CAT readers over a month ago and we have been loving them.  We used the Tutankhamun’s Tomb book when we went to do a tomb painting workshop at the British Museum and … Continue reading →

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