Tag Archives: homeschooling

Dear Zoo – sight words and stick puppets

Posted on June 19, 2014 by ofamily

On a recent trip to our local library Blue selected the Dear Zoo book.  Pink never really liked this book, until now that is.  When I started reading it to Blue she realised that she could read most of the … Continue reading →

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Lets label the house

Posted on June 17, 2014 by ofamily

I have seen a number of different posts about getting the kids to label different items within the house so I thought I would give it a try.  I wrote out a few words over the weekend and left them … Continue reading →

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Marmalade Cake

Posted on June 16, 2014 by ofamily

Pink loves baking so it was no surprise when she discovered the Cbeebies show I Can Cook, that she just loved it.  She recently watched an episode where they made marmalade cake and asked if we could bake some.  When … Continue reading →

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Ice- cream addition with a bit of help from Thomas and Friends

Posted on June 12, 2014 by ofamily

Pink has never been a fan of ice-cream, it just did not agree with her spd, it was too cold and she hated the texture.  But she is learning to tolerate a lot more these days and is even discovering … Continue reading →

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Giant number line Maths

Posted on June 10, 2014 by ofamily

We have been using number lines quite a bit when we do addition and subtraction so I was trying to think of a fun activity to do around that and I came up blank, until Blue asked if he could … Continue reading →

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