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    Hosting A Lending Library: Wattle Gum Library

    I was recently interviewed on Plumfield and Paideia, as part of their ongoing series: Meet the Librarians.  I’m chatting about my latest venture, owning and hosting a Lending Library; Wattle Gum Library.for my local homeschoolers.  I’m truly loving operating a Lending Library, I’ve achieved so much already with a growing number of patrons,  an online catalogue, a complete reorganisation of my library and more improvements every evolving.   Head over for the full interview, but sharing some teasers here: What are your earliest memories of books and reading? Was there a particular book or event that really made you a reader? I don’t recall a time when I couldn’t read,…

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    Australian Homeschool Summit 2022

    It’s time for our annual Australian Homeschool Summit! Always a highlight and a fantastic way to kick off the learning year. Once again I will be presenting as I have for the past five years. What I’m Presenting This year I’m going to be sharing about Nurturing a Love of Literature. Nurturing my family in Literature is something I’m extremely passionate about and totally committed to. During the Australian Homeschool Summit I’ll be sharing about our family’s journey. I’ll be sharing why reading together as a family is so important, and how our family has read together for decades. I’ll be giving you tips on how and where to find quality books and…

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    Australian Homeschool Summit 2021

      The Australian Homeschool Summit It’s time for our annual Australian Homeschool Summit! Always a highlight and a fantastic way to kick off the learning year. Once again I will be presenting at the Australian Homeschool Summit.    What I’m Presenting This year I’m going to be sharing about How to Raise a Family of Readers. Raising a Family of Readers is something I’m passionate about and totally committed to. If raising your family in a reading culture is something you desire then I can assist you. During the Australian Homeschool Summit I’ll be sharing about our family’s journey. How our family have been raised to be readers and how…

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    Australian Homeschool Summit 2021 – Giveaways

    It’s time to kick off the year with our annual Australian Homeschool Summit! We have a number of tickets to give away! Give away ends tonight!!! So best click over fast for your opportunity. *We now have more than the original 3 Give Away Tickets available! Yes I’m running way behind getting out the news. Better late than never though. Give Away Tickets This year I’ll be talking about How to Raise a Family of Readers.  Obviously a pursuit near and dear to my heart. I’m excited to be sharing our journey and experience. Easily accessible online, so you can attend from the comfort of your home. We have 35…

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    Home Education Help For You

    The Australian Homeschooling Summit begins tomorrow 4th May through to the 15th. If you haven’t yet got your ticket now is the time!! Quick Recaps I will be talking about Creating your own Booklists for a Literature Based Education. Excited to be sharing my passion and knowledge about this topic and stepping you through on just how to create your own booklists for your topic choice of interest. I can’t wait.  That presentation will be on Friday May 8th at 1pm.   I will also be facilitating a second presentation Home Ed Graduates – What Do They Think? wherein my five home educated children and daughter-in-law will chat about some common questions…

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    Aussie Homeschool Summit 2020 – Giveaways

    The annual Australian Homeschool Summit begins soon! A roundup of 30 presentations on a variety of Home Education topics. Most exciting is the speakers are Aussies focusing on Home Education in Australia! It’s all online, so watchable from the comfort of your home.   I’ll be speaking once again this year and I have some special guests joining me. All shall be revealed shortly.   Dates are: Giveaway of 3 tickets: March 3 – March 13th Tickets go on sale from March 6th (tomorrow) Showtime: March 23- April 3   Related Summits: I’ve spoken before at the previous Aussie Summits. Nurturing a Love of Literature 2017 Centering Your Education Around…

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    The Australian Homeschool Summit is Back and I’m Talking Again!!

    The Australian Homeschool Summit (Online) is back…and once again I’m going to be one of the workshop presenters    What I’m Presenting This time I’m going to be sharing about Centering Your Education Around Australian Living Books. I’m thrilled to be talking about a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I admit to being rather passionate about Australian Living Books, the type of passion in which I can cause others’ eyes to glaze over. However amongst my fellow home educators I’m with my people and I’m sure you’re just as keen about Aussie Book love, if not you will be by the time I’ve finished 😉 I’ll be…

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    Start Homeschooling Summit Starts Today!

    Starts Today The Start Homeschooling Summit  starts today!!!! I’m so excited and eagerly looking forward to listening to all the workshops, counting the hours. I’ve been home educating for a long time and I can sure do with a boost and inspiration. As I shared last week we’ve 34 presenters from around the world chatting about a huge variety of topics. The Start Homeschooling Summit is a shortcut to creating the kind of homeschool you really want.   What You Receive All of the videos are FREE for 48 hours after they go live! I really encourage you to join us, I want you to be empowered by the reassurance, inspiration and sense…

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    I’m Talking At…..The Start Homeschooling Summit

    Exciting news…….I’m chatting in another online Summit, this time in the Start Homeschooling Summit. Sharing ways in which to Create Balance & Preserve Sanity. Chatting about the realities of home educating and mothering ten children. Sharing the struggles, the constant juggling and ways we can meet the massive challenges we face. Essentially some of the tips and tricks we have learnt over 24 years of home educating 10 children. The Start Homeschooling Summit is an online conference that is FREE 🙂  Easily accessible from the comfort of your own home from anywhere in the world!  We can all attend 🙂 The Start Homeschooling Summit begins next week on the 18th and runs…