Reciting random times tables with ease and fun! Here’s how miss 5 (& 9) mastered their multiplication tables 👇🏽 In just a couple of months after starting to use musical multiplication ~ I quizzed her for fun (lightheartedly). This was the 2nd quiz and I decided to record it. She clearly didn’t mind. See any… Continue reading How Miss 5 & 9 Mastered times tables in 3 months!
Category: Wildschooling
Spring swings, wild weeds and other things ~
We’re getting a new rhythm after our bursts of travel throughout this year. I’ve seen rhythm come up in home education discussions a great deal and guess it’s been inspiration feeding my thoughts of late. From all that I’ve read around education, home education, the brain and how we learn best… I’ve been a big… Continue reading Spring swings, wild weeds and other things ~
Ancient Australia ~ Where It All Began
This morning, before the sun came up, as we sipped on our hot tea and cocoa… we finished reading one of our library books “Bush Tucker” by Robert Gott. We’ve been eager to dive back into Indigenous Australian studies since Ella completed her book “The Ancient World” as part of a World History series she… Continue reading Ancient Australia ~ Where It All Began
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
The Power of Exemplification
A common notion among all great sages and philosophers throughout history, from the earliest ages... is that we learn best through exemplification and emulation. That is to say, we (like monkeys) do, what we see. It's a wonderful encouragement (for me anyway), to continue to study the great leaders and individuals that have walked our… Continue reading The Power of Exemplification
Little Life Lessons – A 10 Week Road trip
A couple of weeks ago, we returned from 10 weeks and 10,000 km on the road. We travelled the East Coast of Australia as far as Cape Tribulation in Far north tropical Queensland. We had been researching and planning our way back south the whole trip up! It was the 2nd of August in the… Continue reading Little Life Lessons – A 10 Week Road trip
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.
What lights me up?
In my “past life” I was an enthusiastic activist and keyboard warrior campaigning to Politicians at every opportunity. From time to time I still am. But these days I am much more intentional in how I dedicate my time from the space of “inspiration”, rather than reaction and opposition, which often merely tends to create… Continue reading What lights me up?
Behind the Screens – as a means
It has come up so many times in conversation that I feel called to write on this, from the sheer purpose of offering one perspective. This is because I feel that having other's views and thoughts on anything can help us understand how we feel and how we can move forward when feeling uncertain with… Continue reading Behind the Screens – as a means
Diary of a Homeschool Mum
I don't know who needs to hear any of this but I just thought it might be nice to ramble on to reveal what goes on inside the mind and life of a random homeschooling Mum. You never know! Yesterday my other half invested in a new audio system for our new clinic, which led… Continue reading Diary of a Homeschool Mum
Holistic Home Education 