AFRICA - A CULTURALLY RICH CONTINENT

Hi Everyone
Wow! We tackled Africa today. I took Juliette onto Google Earth (an indispensible Homeschool Resource) and showed her Africa in relation to the rest of the planet. The major thing she took away from this, was that she was astounded by the size of Africa, that it took up so much of the planet.
We […]

GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON?

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Today we started our major geography lessons. I find it easier to do a chunk at a time rather than bit by bit through the year. I had to teach Jules about the continents. I hated geography at school it was so boring. I had various teachers that just taught us the position of […]

KEEP THE SENSE OF WONDER ALIVE

While I was packing, I found a book of quotes I bought many years ago. It’s written by mothers for mothers. And the one that stuck out for me today and I want to share with you, sums up Homeschooling for me. Homeschooling isn’t just about giving the gift of knowledge to our children. It’s […]

BACK TO SCHOOL

Hi Everyone, We’re back!
We took last week off and it was so nice. I just rested. No work, no packing. I did very little and feel much better. Definitely needed some time out!
We got going with School at 8:30 this morning, it’s spring here and the sun is up and we’re up earlier so school […]

A QUICK HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAY

Hi Everyone,
Thank you for coming to visit again! We’ve got a huge amount of changes taking place in our lives at the moment. If you visit often you”ll know that we’re about to embark on our Homesteading Journey. I see the Homeschool Journey and Homesteading Journey as the same journey, but will need to keep […]

HOMESCHOOLING ACCORDING TO THE SEASONS

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I’ve received a number of emails asking about our daily rhythym. And I’ve had to think about it because it’s become so automatic now, that it kind of just happens.
One thing I’ve definitely noticed is that I teach according to the seasons. In winter, we wake up later, we learn more intense subjects, like […]

THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE BUTTERFLY

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to share our lesson with you. We did the Life Cycle of the butterfly, which I posted about last week. One thing I didn’t show you was the butterfly mobile we made.
Instead of just drawing each stage of the life cycle, and it being spring and all. We made a mobile with […]