Oldie but goodie Primary Mathematics Workbook

Raahub yasar!

A few years ago my cousin gave me a load of old books that she used with her children when they were younger.  One of which was this text book. At the tome it was too advanced for anyone, but my 7 year old started with it s few months ago and loves many of the activities it has.

You can tell it's quite old as the pictures and prices of some food in one if the pictures reminds me of when I was little, 10p crisps and 20p coke :-)

I'm not sure if you can get them anymore, so here are a few of the pages with activities for you to use with your children.

I hope your little ones enjoy and if I find where you can get a copy I'll let you know.

Hatep yasar

Mut :-)

The Homeschool Homemaker Blogtalk Radio Show Review

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Every 2 weeks or so, I end up with a mountain of dry clothes to fold (not iron!) so high that it literally blocks the door way, so after putting the children to sleep and doing a bit of work, I'll normally sleep for a few hours then get up and do it.

Tonight is one those nights, I've just finished the dishes, cleaning the kitchen, preparing some food for tomorrow (soaking nuts, beans and chickpeas and decide what green smoothie and nut milk to make to be exact) and it's 5am. 

I'll normally keep myself entertained my listening to Paa Taraq or and Outformation class on www.wu-nuwaup.com  or a blogtalkradio show. I've been feeling a bit disappointed with my homeschooling efforts recently so I decided to find a homeschooling show to give me some ideas and found the perfect one.

I've never listened to her before, but I'm so glad I found this episode.

It's on organising your homeschool, but she talks a lot of other little things that I related to soooooo much as a homeschooling parent. She also have a 7yr old, 5 yr old and a baby, just like us.

She starts with a bible quote which she relates to Usain Bolt and if my Nuwaupian family replace the Jesus bit with Paa Nazdaru, it's on point.

It's only 30 mins too, so if you're pushed for time you can still enjoy it. 

So here it is!

Listen to internet radio with The Homeschool Homemaker on Blog Talk Radio

Hatep yasar

Mut Bast.tet En Re
(Leah Salmon)

Where we get our books from

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It's no secret that we love books!!!

Paa Naabab Yaanun instilled the importance of reading and learning in us before we had children and for many years so when we decided to teach our kharadu at home, it was a goal of mine to fill the house with books,

Even before the children came, I had always dreamed of having a room in my home which was just a study / library/ temple , which was full of books that I could go to to read uninterrupted for hours.

That dream hasn't transpired yet, but we do have a whole heap of books. This is a picture of one of the 4 book shelves in our home and we were talking about need another one soon.

Now I'm sure you already know that books can cost quite a bit, and I even heard a homeschooling mother advise AGAINST buying lots of books because of the cost.

Here are my 3 main thoughts on buying books


1)"If you think education (in the form of buying books in this case) is expensive, try ignorance"

2) 1 book, read in the right way, can teach your child about possible every subject you want to teach them and spark discussion on countless other subject too, entertaining, educating and stimulating your child for hours, which to me is priceless

3) If you see the value in books but simply don't have the finance to buy lots of brand new books, find other ways of getting them.

We have roughly 200 books ( at the last count), of them I've probably bought 30 at their full retail price.

Here are the main places  I get books for our Mir from (all books including fiction, educational, workbooks, dictionaries & encyclopedias)

1) Second hand shops - normally costing 25p - £1.99 tops for big encyclopedias, we always wipe them down before giving the children

2) Pound Shops /Dollar stores - Every few months, the pound shops or low cost stores like Poundstretcher or Wilkinson will have loads of story and educational books for £1 - £2 so we'll normally stock up on every title they have.

2) Requested as gifts - Whenever their birthday's are coming up and family ask us what they children want or need, we'll normally ask for books or clothes

3) Ebay - I discovered job lots on ebay a few years ago and bought a box of 40 books for £15. When they came, about 15 were unsuitable so we gave them away but 25 books for £15 is pretty good. I'm sure craiglist.com and gumtree.com would have these too

4) Library sales - our library has little sales where they'll sell their old books for 30-50p and we'll pick up lots of good at these

5)  Ask the ancestors - There has been the odd occasion when I've randomly asked the ancestors to help me with new ideas or resources to bulk up or add a boost to the Mir and we'll get a call from someone saying they've got a load of books etc to get rid of, so do we want to take them, or we'll go to a relative's home and they'll have a box of books and teaching stuff waiting for us. So even the ancestors can hook you up.

You can also get them in markets and car boot sales too, but I've never bought them from there personally

Our oldest will now read the Paa Taraq to us during discussion time and we'll read it to them too, so they get plenty of variety and have really grown to love books and reading.

So if you want to stock up on books but funds are tight, now you can do it for less.

I hope this helps, hatep yasar

Mut Bast.tet En Re
(Leah Salmon)