(Not all that grumpy, really)
My 7 year old has been learning to tell the time recently. We have used an assortment of methods from games to worksheets, and each activity has helped to compound his learning. The one thing you absolutely have to have when teaching the time though is a good clock. A
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We’ve been a home educating family for almost 12 months now and one thing that has surprised me was the varying costs of resources and activities. Most of the boys’ learning around the core curriculum subjects is done via online resources. For maths, we use Maths-Whizz and for literacy we like
Continue readingThe boys have trialled a website called Maths Whizz over the last couple of weeks, as the maths programme they have been using doesn’t seem to be challenging them quite as much as it used to. Maths Whizz is part of Whizz Education, and have this to say about themselves:
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We have been trying to encourage the boys to be a little more self sufficient in the kitchen lately. Now they are seven and ten, there are a few little snacks and even meals they can learn to make for themselves, or with little supervision. I’m sure that sandwiches and
Continue readingOne of our favourite places to meet up with other home educating families is at one of the local trampoline parks. Every few weeks we’ll get together with some of the boys’ friends and go during a weekday afternoon. This means it’s pretty quiet apart from a few toddlers, but
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Robot and I were having a movie night last night, all snuggled up in bed, when suddenly he said, ‘Mum? What are those balloons for?’. I had two packs of plain yellow balloons in my blogging ‘To Do’ box you see, ready for this experiment. I told him they were
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I saw this craft being shared in one of the many, many facebook groups I’m a members of. As much as I wish I could credit whoever gave me the idea I’m sorry but I just can’t find it again now! This is a really simple activity. It only takes
Continue readingAs regular readers of our site will know, we are big on home education. Admittedly, it’s not for everybody, and there are those people who think the benefits of mainstream education outweigh homeschooling. That’s fine. Choice matters and you might prefer to pick a school near you, or one of
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I love learning. I learn alongside the boys as we enjoy home education and as a blogger I feel I am constantly learning new things. It’s great to garner knowledge about a subject of interest. I particularly like shorter, bite-sized learning courses and recently NCC Home Learning asked if I
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Summer is great for a lot of things; getting a tan, spending time outside in fresh air, and lounging around in the pool. While we grown-ups tend to give out brain muscles a workout by reading books and, unfortunately, working to earn a living, most children shy away from anything
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