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No Dinosaurs just Tiddler instead

I had planned on doing a dinosaur dig with the kids this week but unfortunately it did not go as planned.  Before the kids had a chance to dig for dinosaur fossils our dig site got flooded.  Very frustrating especially … Continue reading

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Train of many uses and it is FREE

I think husbands / wives / partners of us Home Edders deserve a medal.  They are the ones who have to go to work while we get to stay home and have the fun with the kids, they come home … Continue reading

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Label the world – English and Afrikaans

Pink already knows the continents in English but we have been learning the oceans names and I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the Afrikaans names as well. I used the free blank map on Twinkl (if … Continue reading

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Role Playing fun

The past few weeks my kids have been having a blast playing cafe with the added bonus that Pink has been practicing her writing, her reading and her Maths in a fun relaxed manner. Our “Cafe” is from Ikea, the … Continue reading

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Stone Age to Bronze Age

Pink is still talking about the Stone Age people and how they lived in caves and needed fire to survive and is very keen to know what happened next.  In her words “mommy surely they did not go from using … Continue reading

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