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Usborne First Numbers – brilliant book for Maths

Posted on July 19, 2014 by ofamily

I have picked up some lovely books at our local Oxfam shop recently and one of my favourite finds was this Usborne First numbers ( I have seen these books for sale on ebay and on Amazon). The book covers … Continue reading →

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Change in routine can mean unexpecting learning

Posted on July 17, 2014 by ofamily

We have had a very mixed up week.  The kids have been busy playing with their gran and doing lots of other fun activities so our normal homeschooling work just kinda got left behind a bit – but that is … Continue reading →

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Counting in 5’s and painting

Posted on July 10, 2014 by ofamily

I have a lovely book called “What your Year 1 child Needs to know”.  I like this book as it gives you some great ideas and one of these great ideas was doing hand painting  when you start your counting … Continue reading →

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Maths – adding using 10.

Posted on July 8, 2014 by ofamily

We have these lovely number cards which Cassie from 3 Dinosaurs made for Free Homeschool Deals which we have used a lot with out snap cubes (if you are not sure what snap cubes are check out the link – we … Continue reading →

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A little bit of quiet in a busy house

Posted on July 5, 2014 by ofamily

Our house has been unusually busy this last week.  Pink’s Ouma is visiting from South Africa and their dad is on holiday so there is not as much quiet and down time as Pink likes and to be honest needs. … Continue reading →

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