Our Annual Home Educators Sports Day
About ten years ago our local home educators group hosted its first ‘Picnic Race Day’ way back when Koala was […]
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Learning Rooms in Small Houses
One of my favourite posts in blogosphere are pictures and descriptions of learning rooms. I enjoy seeing different families’ environments
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly – Term 1 Review
**The following is rather long, this post is an honest look at homeschooling in a large family. Looking back over
Little Girls and Twirly Skirts
Princess is really keen to learn to sew. We decided to start with a circle skirt. They are very quick
Building Medieval Weapons
The children are continuing with their project work some more diligently than others. For some, individual projects have given way
Following Interests
I have briefly shared that we are trialling a little of project based learning. We have most intrigued by the
Encouraging Budding Writers
As I shared Carpenter and Koala have been busy writing novelettes. Carpenter has always been interested in writing although his
Creating Peace from Chaos
We have been working on minimising the chaos that can occur here. This week we have implemented my ideas (No.3)
Keeping it Simple
As I shared before I have spent a lot of time lately praying for guidance for the direction our learning
I’m Pondering Simple
Over the last several weeks I have spent time during the holidays praying about the academic direction our family is