The start of a new chapter
October. The last month flew by in a whirlwind of new routines and adapting and adjusting to a new way of life. My youngest two started school in September, marking...
Category: HOMESCHOOLING
Learning through games
Over the years of home-educating my five children, I’ve always looked for fun ways to teach and reinforce concepts. Children are much more receptive to learning when they are having...
Fun Autumn Crafts for Kids
Autumn has fully arrived, and with the girls all back to Uni/College it’s just me and the boys at home most days. We’re finding a new home educating groove, changing...
Back to the old Home Ed routine….
September, and we are ready to be back to our ‘usual’ home ed routines after the summer! It’s 17 years since I made the decision to home educate – and...
Another year of home ed plans
I’ve had a few messages recently asking about what home ed looks like for us, what ‘lessons’ we do etc, so I thought I’d do a little update on where...
Watching them fly the nest
We spend the formative years of our children lives encouraging them to be independent, teaching them to be strong, self-reliant, dream big and set goals…. The downside to this is...
Wrapping up another home ed year….
When I decided to home educate back in 2007, I didn’t think about how long we’d be doing it for, or how many children! Back then we had two, Lola...
Fun at home ed camp
Finally sharing this here, for no reason other than I’m trying to get back into sharing more on my blog! I’ve been terrible for a long time at sharing bits...
Fun Organization Ideas For Your Child’s Homeschool Desk Area
Homeschool organization is important. Maintaining a space where your child can study and get things done will help keep your sanity! Organizing the desk area might be the easiest way...
Home educating in a pandemic
While many schoolchildren have finally gone back to school this week, many are still at home being ‘home schooled’. I’ve seen so many comments on my Social Media over the...
New chapters – coming out the other side of home ed
I woke up early this morning, bleary-eyed and sleepy-headed, stumbled out of bed, and pulled some clothes on. Snuck quietly out of my bedroom, careful not to wake the baby....
10 activities to keep your kiddos occupied through lockdown
Two weeks of lockdown done. Are you all finding your new normal? We’ve had moments when everyone has run out of patience, and the kiddos have had enough of being...
Review || Brilliant Brainz Magazine
With three homeschooled kiddos in the house, I like to surround them with the resources tehy need to facilitate their own learning. While we’re not ‘unschoolers’, we don’t do a...
Not Back to School
It’s September, and we’re celebrating another year of ‘Not Back to School’. We’ve gotten back into our homeschool rhythm this week, it actually felt good to get back to some kind...