Lorry taking horses to an adventure
FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy. FARM: Activities and Adventures.

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for November 2018

Activities: Homeschool. We completed the school year by the middle of November even though we took two Tuesdays off to ride.    So wonderful to be able to be flexible like that. Paula and Murray took to selling Bananas, each week, when they were in Harare for sports.   A great exercise to see how to …

homeschooling adventures on the boat
FAITH: Homeschooling.

25 Positive Reasons for Homeschooling.

For the past 5 years I have been homeschooling my children and from my experience, the positives far outweigh the negatives. As a Christian, I am already controversial, by virtue of the fact that I represent Jesus. -Throw homeschooling into the mix and I am even more controversial, measured by modern day standards. However, I …

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

Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for October 2018

ACTIVITIES: Homeschool: Summer has arrived in Zimbabwe, -a great time of the year to get back to summer sports. We have managed to complete our school program for the year so have moved onto the next year’s work. I like to keep my children ahead in their school work so that we can travel or …

FAITH: Homeschooling.

A Paradigm Shift Required For Homeschooling!

What is a paradigm shift? It is a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions: Before one decides on homeschooling ones’ children, one needs to experience an enormous paradigm shift, away from main stream schooling.    Most of us were brought up in main stream schooling, so that is all we know, which usually makes the …