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adventures visiting Case tractor field day.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for April 2019.

Activities. Homeschool: When Murray John arrives at school with his bears on his head you know that he is feeling sick…… school has to be abandoned for the day. We continued school for the first two weeks in April.   Once Easter arrived we took a break, to have fun with our visiting family from Botswana. …

Murray's John xcountry jumping goal.
FAITH: Homeschooling.

How to Create and Achieve Your Child’s Goals Through Homeschooling.

The saying goes:  ‘WITHOUT A GOAL YOU HAVE NOTHING!’ Goals can make you scared… –Hey, that’s the challenge! Goals are put in place to give focus, guidance and direction. Everyone needs goals and children are never too young to start setting goals for themselves. Goals are a great way to help children take control of …

FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures. FUN: Family Travel.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for March 2019.

Activities. Homeschool: School continued for the first week in March. We had now completed 8 weeks of school on the trot. -Time for a break, so off we went to Cape Town, in South Africa, for a two week holiday. Once back the children picked up their school work, from where they had left off. …

Individualized education.
FAITH: Homeschooling.

Individualized Christian Education – through Homeschooling.

Individualized Homeschooling. Education is Life: Education is the communication about life, from the living – to the living. It is the communicating of information from one generation to the next generation. Education of a child should include both the knowledge of God and the preparation for wisely using that knowledge in life. “All your sons …

homeschool adventures making fires on the rock
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for February 2019

Activities. Homeschool: February was a busy school month.   Paula Joy and Murray John worked hard and managed to achieve all their school goals.   Twice, during the month, I had to take Paula Joy to morning appointments, to renewing her passport and have her toe x-rayed.  On both those days, I left Murray John at home …

homeshcooling desks
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

Our Homeschooling Structure- ‘The Whaley Academy’.

“The Whaley” Homeschool Structure. 1. Homeschool – Identity. I treat my homeschooling activity as a business. We have named this business ‘The Whaley Academy’. We are proud of our school and have a mission statement on the schoolroom wall, reminding us of what our school is about. 2. School – Training. Once I had chosen …

adventures fishing in kariba
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for January 2019.

Activities: Homeschool. We began school mid January just as our country went into chaos with strikes etc. We therefore decided to stay out on the farm and do school work until the dust settles. We shall start sport once it is safe for us to travel to and from Harare. That is the beauty of …

Homeschooled children on holiday.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

What Homeschooling Program do I use and Why?

Before I started homeschooling my children I made the following lists: Who am I? An organised, disciplined person. Loads of business experience. Not a qualified teacher. Live in a third world country. Commute between two homes. Love the Lord! What do I need to look for in a homeschooling program? With the above list of …

FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for December 2018

Activities: Homeschool. School is out! We shall begin again in January. We like to take a big break at Christmas so that we can enjoy the farm. This year we are ending ahead in school having started some of next year’s work. The ACE program is a system with constant small tests so we don’t …

Homeschool kids riding on the farm.
FAITH: Homeschooling.

How to Carefully and Creatively Choose a Homeschooling Program…..

Homeschooling as a business… Homeschooling is as much a job as going out to work. Look at the meaning of the word ‘business’; which means:  ‘your occupation, profession, career, position, day job, pursuit, vocation, calling, field, sphere, walk of life, trade, craft -and more…’   Homeschooling your children falls under the description of a business. …