Category Archives: Equipment

“Doing Egypt.”

It all started with this book – which attracted Lyddie’s attention in a shop. This led to: Finally I’m told: “We’ve done enough Egypt for now.” So it’s all gone in a box until it’s needed again: Next up? China, … Continue reading

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“Hey Mum, five and five is ten…”

“So it is.” “And three and three is six. And six and five is eleven!” “Yes! How did you know that?” (I know she ‘knows’ that – we’ve done various bits of number work – it’s an ongoing thing – … Continue reading

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Reading again

Lyddie wants to play some of her favourite computer games – online. This means she needs to be able to interact with the other players, which means she needs to be able to read everything they’re saying to her. “So … Continue reading

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Scales, pictures, strawberries and hedgehogs

We’ve had this old set of weighing scales for about 20 years now: they’ve taught all of the children about weight: And about working together to find things out: Even setting things in size and weight order: It’s not something … Continue reading

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