Category: books

kids magazine recommendation – National geographic kids

I have always wanted to share this magazines with you. National Geographic Kids is a wonderful magazine packed with loads of fun and interesting stuff. J loves it very much, and i mean VERY much. He would sit and read quietly for a long… Continue Reading “kids magazine recommendation – National geographic kids”

Book recommendation – The Quest for the Crystal

It is half term in England. We do lessons from Oak National Academy everyday. We also have more time to read. J is reading The Quest for the Crystals again . It is a game book where you (the reader) can choose how the… Continue Reading “Book recommendation – The Quest for the Crystal”

Chinese homeschool 1 – 我愛學語文 textbook and workbook

A few days ago we moved to England. We are currently staying in my parents house in London. We haven’t found a place to live in yet and therefore cannot apply for a school place for J. With the experience from school closure in… Continue Reading “Chinese homeschool 1 – 我愛學語文 textbook and workbook”

Original story – Julian’s Heavy Bag – No Prep worksheets

This is the bigger set of worksheets that I mentioned earlier when I first published my original story book “Julian’s Heavy Bag“. I spent quite a while designing the worksheets. All the pictures in the worksheets (and my story book) are hand drawn by… Continue Reading “Original story – Julian’s Heavy Bag – No Prep worksheets”

Original story – Julian’s Heavy Bag

Recently I have been making a story book myself. It is a little project of my own. I would like to create a story with some no-prep activity sheets to go with the book. My first book is called “Julian’s Heavy Bag” and the… Continue Reading “Original story – Julian’s Heavy Bag”

Chapter book recommendation – The 13-Storey Treehouse

#readwithJ This is J’s favourite at the moment. I read a couple of pages by myself in a bookstore and I love it because of the wild imaginations and it is very funny. J has never read this kind of book before, I did… Continue Reading “Chapter book recommendation – The 13-Storey Treehouse”

Exploring magnets with the book “What Makes a Magnet?”

I read this book with J a few months ago and since then he has been asking me to do this magnet experiment with him.

Chapter book recommendation – Haggis and Tand Unleashed – All Paws on Deck

#readwithJ Since J is almost 6 years old we started on chapter books this month. I love this book written by Jessica Young, she is very good at playing with words and this book teaches about homophores. J was not very enthusiastic about reading… Continue Reading “Chapter book recommendation – Haggis and Tand Unleashed – All Paws on Deck”