Tag Archives: homeschooling

Butterfly doubling and halving

For some reason my daughter is happy doubling her numbers but freezes up if I ask her what half of a number is.  She seems to have missed the link between the two so I wanted to do and activity … Continue reading

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Making our own mosaic letters

We have been doing a number of letter activities for our little man lately, he has been loving them and keeps asking me for more.  This time I thought we would combine our letters with some crafts and make our … Continue reading

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The Snow Queen – writing a flap book and melting ice

One of the kids new favourite story books is The Snow Queen.  I was actually surprised by how popular the book has been as my kids are not normally fans of traditional fairy tales.  So in keeping with their new … Continue reading

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What our neighbours think of homeschooling

We have been homeschooling for almost three years now and I have had very different reactions from my neighbours over the almost three years.  I had a lovely neighbour who was fascinated by it and came for some tea and … Continue reading

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A quick and easy flower shop

We do not buy trays of cupcakes often but we recently had a little party with the grandparents and the kids asked for store-bought cupcakes.  The tray that the cupcakes came in reminded me of the flower trays that you … Continue reading

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