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Books We Enjoyed

By the Great Horn Spoon - My Review Trollogy! - My Review Danny Champion of the World Indian in the Cupboard When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Times Tables

We have been re-visiting our times tables the last few weeks (to be fair - I am the one who needs the practice!). Some of these resources are already on my blog, but I thought it would be useful to pull them all together.

Big Brainz have a multiplication PC game called Timez Attack. You can […]

And more science…

This isnt for the faint hearted, but perfect for halloween!! Froguts is a ‘virtual dissection’ CD. Check out the demo section - and if you can find anything more gross, I don’t want to know!!

Geography Tetris

Found a great Tetris game - using UK counties instead of shapes. Its at http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/uk/ and there are other countries available too - including USA states and European countries. Great for geography. Have fun!!

Periodic Table Top Trumps

We are investigating mining at the moment (don’t ask!!) and this has led us into looking at the Periodic Table. So guess what I found? Chemistry Top Trumps!!! They are at Stax-o-facts, and quite reasonably priced too, I thought.

Game, SET and Match.

I came across a great online game/puzzle over the weekend called Set. It refreshes daily, and there is a little tutorial to show you how to play it. It is a card game, but I haven’t got it yet - one for the wish list though!
And if you are looking for free computer games, try Orsinal - […]

Make your own Top Trumps

My children really enjoy a good game of TopTrumps. For those of you who haven’t heard of it – it is explained in Wikipedia. Even before they could read the cards my children would say things like “the one at the bottom – a 2 and a 0” They liked that they could play a […]

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