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Pompeii – Usborne Young Reading Series

Posted on February 26, 2017 by ofamily

Last year when I was looking for some new reading books for my daughter I bought her a copy of Pompeii (Young Reading (Series 3)) (Young Reading Series Three). The day the book arrived she sat down and read it … Continue reading →

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Kids Mardi Gras Masks

Posted on February 23, 2017 by ofamily

The past week the kids have been going through a mask making spree.  The kids just recently watched Rio for the first time so they liked the idea of making some masks like the ones some of the people were … Continue reading →

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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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Times Table strategies we used

Posted on February 17, 2017 by ofamily

Over the weekend I received two emails asking me how I taught my daughter her times tables.  I started writing my response and realized that what I wanted to say was a lot longer that a quick email answer so … Continue reading →

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