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Collective Nouns

Posted on September 21, 2018 by ofamily

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

Posted on September 18, 2018 by ofamily

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

Posted on September 14, 2018 by ofamily

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

Posted on September 11, 2018 by ofamily

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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New Resources

Posted on September 7, 2018 by ofamily

I get ridiculously giddy with excitement when we get some new resources (yes I am not joking – lets just call it a side-effect of being a home-educating mom).  I don’t buy all of our resources upfront I tend to … Continue reading →

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