Book Suggestions for 11-14 year olds.
Four years ago I made a list of books that my children were reading at the time. Now that Princess is nearly 15 and Matey 12, I have made a Continue Reading →
Category Archives: General homeschooling
‘The Good Lie’ Movie
We find that movies are an amazing way to teach about values and character formation in a subtle manner. As we are watching and then reflecting later on the movie, Continue Reading →
When do you celebrate ‘rest’?
What are you currently teaching your kids about resting? As in, God created the world in 7 days – He worked for 6 days and incorporated a day of rest Continue Reading →
How am I smart – nature, people and self smart?
This blogpost summarises the final three ‘smarts’ taken from the book by Dr Kathy Koch on “How am I smart? A parent’s guide to multiple intelligences” Nature Smart Competence: These Continue Reading →
Latest family update
The week before Christmas last December was when I did our latest fortnightly update which included stuff that was going on in our household ie how we are living out Continue Reading →
Brief Overview of Competitions for Australian students
Two of the main criticisms aimed at homeschoolers, apart from the socialisation issue, are that of not having done many exams and thus being unfamiliar with how to approach exams, Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 23rd February 2014
Healing Rooms: Our family is involved in the Healing Rooms run at our church, Stairway. On a Saturday morning once per month, people come along to receive prayer for all Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 26th January 2014
‘Books 4 Cambodia’: This week we finished packing the ‘Books 4 Cambodia’ container. In just four months, we obtained, sorted and packed over 33,000 books for children in schools and Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 18th August 2013
General Life Holidays came to an end during this week. We returned home to cold Melbourne on the Thursday. There is something to be said for how life seems so Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 4th August 2013
Holiday so far It is just great being able to get away as a family and relax together, although with kids aged 10 and 7 years, they are wanting to Continue Reading →