Tag Archives: homeschooling

What about Social Skills ?

Posted on May 8, 2019 by ofamily

One of the questions home educators often get asked is what about social skills? Surely keeping your child out of a class fill of kids their own age will mean they lack social skills? My answer ……………….. Today after my … Continue reading →

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Introducing Romeo and Juliet

Posted on May 3, 2019 by ofamily

I love watching how one area of interest always leads the kids onto other topics.  I honestly never know where we are going to end up.  My daughter’s interest in the Tudors meant she has been reading up on Queen … Continue reading →

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Animal Skeletons

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ofamily

My kids LOVE learning about animals, and one of the more unusual aspects that they both find fascinating are the skeletons of the animals, particularly which sections are common and which sections are unique to different animals.  We have looked … Continue reading →

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Midnight at Moonstone a lovely read

Posted on April 29, 2019 by ofamily

My daughter was recently given a copy of Midnight at Moonstone and it turned out to be such a lovely, gentle yet fun story for tweens that we wanted to write a review about it.  Nothing scary, sinister or spooky … Continue reading →

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A Week

Posted on April 27, 2019 by ofamily

I often get asked what a week of home education looks like for us and it is really hard to  say because the weeks are often so different.  However I can understand that someone who is thinking about home education … Continue reading →

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