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P.E. lessons (the Home Education way!)

This weekend we were slacklining!
Slacklining is a bit like walking a tightrope – only lower to the ground (and the line is slack not tight). It isn’t easy to learn so you may need a bit of ’stick-at-it-ness!’ but it is quite addictive!

Exercise wise, it is reputed to help core balance, mental concentration […]

Homeschool Burnout !

Sometimes, even with the best intentions, you need to stop and give yourself some space in your home educating routine. This is a home educating idea I use occasionally when we are extremely busy, during holiday periods, or when we have homeschool burnout!

Home Educating in an Hour!!
I choose to cover 6 subjects for 10 minutes each - one quick hour of home educating, […]

Free Online Educational Game - Questionaut

Am sorry to just keep posting links, but I absolutely could not resist this one -
Questionaut is the most beautiful point and click adventure game. As you click through the story you’ll come across unique obstacles and quizzes that you’ll need to click about to get through.
Its on the BBC website under KS2 so I think […]

Free Hidden Picture Puzzles

Found a great site for free hidden picture puzzles - you know - the sort you have to hunt around the picture to find the hidden items! They have printable hidden pictures, or you can play online.
The site is HighlightsKids. The rest of the site is worth a look too - I liked their science […]

Make your own comic

Have you ever wanted to make your own comic? Thats what we have been looking at this week (its a great way to encourage children to read and write!).
I found several ways to make online comics. The first is from Makebeliefscomix. This one is aimed specifically at children, and you can print or email your […]

Book Review- How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

During a recent conversation, the children lifted this book down from the bookshelf to re-examine it. And so I remembered to tell you about ‘How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World’ by Marjorie Priceman.
This is a short picture book about travelling around the world to buy ingredients to make an apple pie (the market […]

Engineering for kids

This week we have gone from geography, to paper car building, to engineering for kids (via building a cardboard Elizabethan theatre!) - what a fun week!
Engineering was kicked off by a link posted on Early Years HE Yahoo Group for this free bridge building game. We downloaded the 2006 version and much discussion ensued!!! In the end, […]