I am now into my eighth year of homeschooling. And yes, our homeschool looks a lot different now than it did when I first started. This is how an average day looks in our house this year. Once breakfast and chores are complete we move onto our school items. If we had a late night or someone … [Read more…]
Is it even possible to homeschool while you have little ones in the house? Yes it absolutely is! When I began homeschooling, I had a just about to turn two year old and was 36 weeks pregnant with my third baby. I have homeschooled the whole way through, from those days until now, with … [Read more…]
We have tried a few different ways to cover history over the years, and a few different curriculum’s. I think that is rather normal for a homeschooling family. This is what I have learnt works best for us: study history together. There! Isn’t that profound? Seriously though, I have tried: History for three different … [Read more…]
I am often asked what curriculum I use or what program we follow. I don’t follow any set program or boxed curriculum, but I put together our own program. This allows me the freedom to pick and choose curriculum that suits our family and each child. I am yet to find a set program where every component is … [Read more…]
Memory work we call it here! Some years look different to others, but I just wanted to share what it looks like at the moment. There are two different ways and times in the day that we cover memory work: During our Morning Basket first in the day, we cover passages of scripture, some from Psalms, … [Read more…]
I like to keep our morning basket in December very short, no longer than one hour. The girls and I have too many other fun things that we simply must do 😉 Here are the items that are in our December basket: Composer – Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Listen during our morning chores or breakfast Bible/Devotionals … [Read more…]
I often need a few new book ideas for my girls to read or to add to our read aloud pile. Thought I would add my favourite book lists that I consult. 1000 Good Book Lists Ambleside Online – choose a level on the left, scroll down to look at the free reads Sonlight – … [Read more…]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The past few weeks I have been intentional about having my youngest help me in the kitchen. Now they all help with the cleaning up in the kitchen, they have been doing that since they were little 😉 I am referring to the cooking! I haven’t always made a conscious effort … [Read more…]
Okay so this is fairly new to me. Reading for myself! My own education! Whoever would have thought? Now I absolutely love reading aloud to my children and definitely see the benefits in them reading, but I didn’t really see the benefit of reading for myself until recently. I was not a reader when I was a child, … [Read more…]
Okay so look what we found? Can you see them? Baby praying mantis! These were a very exciting find in our yard this weekend. We usually see the adults up to around 12cm long and a beautiful green. So to see these babies so tiny, only about 1cm, and white in colour, was simply amazing. … [Read more…]