Tag Archives: homeschooling

SPD – It is getting easier

Posted on November 22, 2015 by ofamily

If you are a parent with an SPD kiddie I hope after reading this you get some encouragement. Yesterday we did an outing with our two SPD kiddies, an outing that just last year would have been difficult and yesterday … Continue reading →

Posted in SPD | Tagged homeschooling, parenting, sensory play, sensory processing disorder, spd | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Folders /Lapbooks | Tagged Folders, home ed, Home-made folder, homeschooling, Learning to read, Spot the word | 1 Comment

Skwooshi Magic !!

Posted on November 15, 2015 by ofamily

My kids and I were recently given some Skwooshi, never heard of it ? Think of play dough and Kinetic Sand combined and this stuff does not dry out – yes you heard me – you can leave it out … Continue reading →

Posted in sensory play | Tagged children's craft, homeschooling, playdough, sensory play, sensory processing disorder, Skwooshi | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Folders /Lapbooks | Tagged Folders, home ed, homeschooling, Male and female animal words, Twinkl | Leave a comment

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 →