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

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for April 2022.

April Adventures and Activities. April Activities: Homeschooling. A visit from our Botswana family. April began with a last minute visit from our Botswana family, so school was temporarily abandoned!  It was awesome to see this family, after 2+ years, largely due to Covid 19  restrictions. The cousins had lots of fun together and particularly enjoyed …

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

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for March 2022.

March Adventures and Activities. March Activities: Homeschooling. A week’s break from school. March began with a wonderful trip to Nyanga in the East of Zimbabwe. Nothing like fresh mountain air and some down time, to recharge the batteries.   This trip was followed by a celebration of  Granddad ‘Pops’ 83rd Birthday, -then back to school …

kids swimming their ponies in the dam.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for February 2022.

February Adventures and Activities. February Activities: Homeschooling. Grandparents Arrive. February began with the exciting arrival of the children’s grandparents. Having not seen their grandparents for over a year they were most excited, so February got off to a wonderful start! Paula Joy’s Project. School continued throughout most of February. Paula Joy took time off school, …

activity fun bike in the dam
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for January 2022.

January Adventures and Activities. January Activities: Homeschooling. Back to School for 2022. School began on the 3rd January, as we like to get an early start…  This means that we can take a break in late February or early March. The children had a wonderful 6 week break over the festive season and are now …

working in the garden.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

Be Smart! Train Your Child to have an Attitude of Gratitude.

As a Parent are You Teaching Your Child to have ‘An Attitude of Gratitude’- or of  Entitlement? What is Gratitude? Gratitude:  ‘The quality of being thankful; with a willingness to show appreciation for, and to return kindness. Gratitude is a state of mind. Gratitude expressed, touches hearts, opens up and humbles people. Gratitude enriches, elevates, …

Christmas day with kids.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for December 2021.

December Activities and Adventures. December Activities: Homeschooling. Christmas in Zimbabwe. December was a most enjoyable farm month!  The children were able to just be children, with no school commitments, nor strict time schedules.   They did, however, have to keep up with their daily  chores and the spring cleaning of the school office and their …

pony fancy dress competition.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for November 2021.

November Activities and Adventures. November Activities: Homeschooling. School ends for the year. By mid-November we had completed our homeschooling goals for the year and the children were free to enjoy some downtime. Little farm boy. Between the tractors and the horses the children were hardly at home. Murray John spent his days driving anything and …

boy sitting on a wall thinking.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

4 Intelligence Types that Boost Your Child’s Development.

Learn these 4  Intelligence types, in order to boost your child’s overall development.  Parent’s Goals. Our goal as parents, is to help in our child’s all round development, in order to set them up to cope and achieve throughout their lives…  ‘Do not prepare the road for the children…Prepare the children for the road’. Tim Edmore. Parenting can be challenging …

kids activity digging out a pond.
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for October 2021.

October Adventures and Activities. October Activities: Homeschooling. Moving house. October seemed to fly by with the mammoth task of moving house, whilst still playing polo and homeschooling!  Two weeks off school. The children loved the adventure of moving house, as they got to take two weeks off school, to help me complete the task.  With …

kids at polo
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for September 2021.

September Adventures and Activities. September Activities: Homeschooling. Paula Joy Turns 12. September is Spring Time in Zimbabwe, where the temperature goes from cold to hot overnight. It is also Paula Joy’s birthday month. Paula Joy tuned 12 and had a wonderful day playing competitive family golf, followed by a fun seafood dinner.   It’s such …