Tag Archives: home ed

Baking rusks = a great sensory activity

Posted on January 13, 2016 by ofamily

My kids have always enjoyed eating rusks (South African “dry biscuit” that you dip into your tea) but after our recent holiday in South Africa they have returned slightly rusk obsessed and they are not cheap to buy in the … Continue reading →

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Spot the word

Posted on November 20, 2015 by ofamily

My youngest is very eager to start reading books.  Whenever he sees me sitting with his sister listening to her read he immediately goes and fetches his BOB readers and asks if he can also do some reading.  I do … Continue reading →

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Male and Female animal folder

Posted on November 14, 2015 by ofamily

Our latest folder is this Male and Female animal name folder using the lovely cards from Twinkl.  My kids really loved the Animal and their Young folder so I wanted to try to build on that interest.  The Animal and … Continue reading →

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Large African Animal picture by kids

Posted on November 4, 2015 by ofamily

My daughter loves painting colouring pages.  She likes using “simpler ” colouring pages so she can add different colours for details and shadows.  Often the pages end up having an abstract feeling about them but recently she did a number … Continue reading →

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Animals and their Young folder

Posted on October 31, 2015 by ofamily

The kids are loving their folders so I thought we would make a new one.  This one is aimed at my youngest with the thought that his big sister would enjoy reading  the names to him (she loves reading to … Continue reading →

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