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Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Posted on October 24, 2017 by ofamily

We are back onto fractions again, working on decimals but I realized I never wrote a post about how we looked at adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator or how we looked at Improper Fractions (post later this … Continue reading →

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New Books

Posted on October 20, 2017 by ofamily

I keep meaning to write regular posts about the books we find and enjoy and I never get around to writing them all.  So here are four of our current top books we have discovered. Coming Home by Michael Morpurgo … Continue reading →

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Acorn Number Bond Tree

Posted on October 19, 2017 by ofamily

We have been working quite a lot on number bonds with my youngest and we recently chatted about how if 2 + 8 =10 then 20 +80 = 100.  So I thought it might be fun to do something where … Continue reading →

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Encouraging writing with Story Starter Cubes

Posted on October 15, 2017 by ofamily

One of our areas of focus at the moment is story writing.  My oldest is not a fan of writing stories, she says she never knows what to write.  And when she does write she tends to write facts, not … Continue reading →

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Ronald the Rhino Book and App Fun

Posted on October 12, 2017 by ofamily

We were recently asked if we wanted to receive a copy of the new Twinkl original book Ronald the Rhino.  Both my kids have already read the Twinkl original stories – Acorns and Bump into Space and enjoyed both of … Continue reading →

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