HOMESCHOOL SOLAR SYSTEM WORDSEARCH PUZZLE

Just a quick one. As you know, we’re busy with our solar system. To help Jules with the spelling of each planet I’ve put a wordsearch puzzle together this afternoon. I’ve uploaded it to the reading worksheets page, so you can download it for free if you wish. Enjoy! Hope it helps with your Homeschool […]

HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE LESSON UPDATE

Found the following information on a site about Pluto, thought you all might be interested:
“In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the word planet, and because of this Pluto was no longer a planet, it is now a dwarf planet.”

So it’s still there doing what it’s always been doing, the poor things just […]

HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAY

Hi Everyone,
It’s Holiday time here in Johannesburg. Though we’re not taking a set Holiday, we are Homeschooling in a more relaxed and less structured way. I found a great site for the kids, that showed them all the planets, all 8 of them. Yes there were 9 and the textbooks still tell us 9. But […]

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Okay it’s been a typical Monday! Most of my Mondays are pretty good, this one was just irritating! Nothing in the house went right, every thing from cleaning to banking, just didn’t work out! Aaaarggh!
But there is a light side….. I had all my lesson plans laid out, ready to go. The kids, were ready […]

THANKS TO MY SUPPORT SYSTEM

I just want to type a quick post to say “Thank you”. Something that gets overlooked in our busy full days. A huge Thank you to my support system.
John, my husband, thank you for sharing this journey with us, thank you for being the Husband to me and Father to our kids I always dreamed […]

HOMESCHOOL GEOGRAPHY REVISION

Hi Everyone, I’ve been terrible! I haven’t posted for 2 days. There was so much happening, I just never got around to it. What have we been doing?
Well Jules has been revising her first Geography lesson. Because we’re homeschooling, both her and StJohn, he likes nothing better than to sit in on her lesson. So […]

NEW KIDS CRAFT PATTERNS

Hi Everyone, Just to keep you all updated, while the kids did their worksheets this morning, I uploaded some new Free Stuff to our site. They’re kids craft patterns, 2 today:

How to make a Rainbow Snake

This is fantastic for children that haven’t used a needle and thread before. Improves fine motor skills as well!

Felt Heart […]

FIRST HOMESCHOOL GEOGRAPHY LESSON

Today was a very exciting day for us. Juliette had her first Geography lesson. She had to learn about South Africa, and it’s 9 provinces This is how we did it. First we went to our ever popular Online Homeschool Resources, today it happened to be Google Earth. We viewed our planet from a distance […]

Practical Homeschooling - The Taste Test

Hi Everyone, Well we are back to Homeschooling with a bang today.
Jules continued her phonics, being the long ooo sound, today we did, u in the middle with the sleeping e on the end. The way I’ve been teaching the sleeping e, is like this, “never sound the e, we don’t want to wake her […]

Wordsearch Puzzles for Grade 3

Hi Everyone!
Just a quick post to let you all know, that I’ve just uploaded a few wordsearch puzzles for Grade 3 kids. I made them originally for Juliette, and she loved them! Please have a look and download as many as you wish. They’re there as gifts for you, free homeschool resources! Go wild!

I’ve only […]