First month of 2024 Wrapped Up It’s already February. How has the first month of homeschooling gone? Here’s what we got up to. We did The Good & the Beautiful Language Arts and Math lessons most days in the morning after breakfast. Days often began with poetry and songs, sometimes Auslan practice included, before the… Continue reading January 2024 – Homeschool with 2
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Learning Plan 2024 – How it’s changed…
You'll see here below, our children's 2 Learning Plans that went along with the Homeschooling Registration Application are quite different. I feel it's a great example of how 2 differing plans can serve the same values. I feel it also shows how home education can evolve after a few years in one family. This is… Continue reading Learning Plan 2024 – How it’s changed…
Habits for Healthy Homeschooling
“Whether you choose or not to take any trouble about the formation of habits, it is habits all the same, which will govern ninety-nine one hundredths of a child’s life.” Charlotte Mason How do habits help us in the homeschooling world? In my eyes they are the scaffolding that keeps our daily life supported with… Continue reading Habits for Healthy Homeschooling
Shame free homeschooling & parenting
I’ve been itching to dive into the topic of shame free homeschooling ~ which is also an extension of parenting right? I love Bruce Lee’s quote… “Styles seperate man.” Here where it comes in with this subject. No matter what “style” we align with in parenting and or home education… I have found shame lurking… Continue reading Shame free homeschooling & parenting
5 Hour School Week?
What’s The 5 Hour School Week? This morning I shared a book review / recommendation for The 5 Hour School Week. I am listening to it on my morning walks (for the second time). And it’s such a great insight into the power of focus! I love it! I’ve popped it on my book recommendations… Continue reading 5 Hour School Week?
A Homeschooling Writer’s Journey
Here’s a little history learning in action with a project based approach to home education. As someone who never liked the subject of history in school… I’m actually happy to be able to share this… as facilitating it with our daughter, has shown me how fascinating it can actually be. Which is what inspired me… Continue reading A Homeschooling Writer’s Journey
JOMO The Joy of Missing Out.
It's the end of July and we are about to set off on our next "learning journey" road schooling trip. The last several months we have been focusing on our blessings over the Winter. We have been getting cosy by our new wood fire for which we are so thankful! When not immersed in Mother… Continue reading JOMO The Joy of Missing Out.
To the notion of not being “enough”…
This is a question I have seen pop up for many new to homeschooling. It's something people face in many areas of life without a doubt but most often a feeing that comes from being schooled ourselves for many. Being in competition with one another is quite normal in a system of grading and testing… Continue reading To the notion of not being “enough”…
When faced with performance questions…
Recently I was asked if my 3 year old can write her name yet. As a default people pleaser, the drive to "perform" is literally something I personally have had to "de-school" myself on A LOT! I come from a family where on my mother's side, on which I had siblings... I was the over… Continue reading When faced with performance questions…
We are – Free To Learn
Have you read Free to Learn? I have been getting stuck into it and cannot recommend it highly enough! I am yet to pull quotes from it to share and quite frankly, It's been THAT great that I couldn't say some parts are more stand out than others... so I'm just going to say... It's… Continue reading We are – Free To Learn
Holistic Home Education 