A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
There is nothing like a celebration in the Victoria Falls. The Long Journey. In mid-August we took a six-day round trip to Victoria Falls, to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday. The trip required two days of driving, on some good and some very potholed roads. The drive took us from the farm, via Bulawayo, to …
What is a healthy homeschooling culture and how do we create it? How We Identified Our Homeschooling Culture. I recently attended a sports culture coaching seminar… I suddenly realised coaching sports and creating a culture around a sports team is no different from creating a healthy homeschooling culture. Having then thought deeply about this I …
Our Homeschooling Adventures and Activities. Homeschooling. School on the move… A large part of our homeschooling adventures and activities lives is spent travelling between the farm and Harare. With the A.C.E school programme we are able to travel with our books and work offline, wherever we are. ACE Programme. I specifically did not want an …
We may be on a Houseboat Adventure, yet Life Skills are Being Developed. Developing life skills through a houseboat adventure creates an amazing opportunity for our children. Therefore we use our annual seven day houseboat trip as a learning tool. This is achieved by them embracing the Kariba experience and helping out with all aspects …
Homeschooling Activities Jan-Feb. Homeschooling. Goal Setting. It was back to school on the 2nd January. We started by checking our last year’s goals, going through what we’d achieved and what we had not… It’s amazing how measuring goals helps the children to focus on future goals and dreams. We then set our 2024 goals for …
Horse-shows Grow and Develop Our Children’s Characters. Of all the sports our children compete in we believe participating in horse-shows teaches them the most, whilst growing and developing their characters. If you have never experienced a horse-show or competed in one, it’s a very unique experience, with lots of moving parts, which need to be …
Our Fun and Fantastic Adventure. Three Weeks The children and I traveled to Cape Town, for three weeks, from mid December 2023 until New Year’s Day 2024. Douglas joined us for a week at Christmas. This fun and fantastic experience was mainly a family visit, to my parents who live in Sunnydale, near Noordhoek. Cape …
Our Homeschooling Activities for Nov-Dec: Homeschooling. Busy Year End: November and December were extremely busy months with lots of sporting activities, from cricket and golf, to horse-shows. We had to push hard to get all our academic goals achieved for the year, resulting in the children having to do Saturday school most weekends, whenever they didn’t …
Camping and Fishing in the Wilds of Africa, Chewore, Zimbabwe. Spring is the time of year for our annual camping and fishing trip in the wilds of Africa at Chewore Campsite along the Zambezi River. Serious Planning. This is always a major expedition, which takes weeks of planning and organisation. To make matters more difficult, …
April-June Activities: Homeschooling. Life gets extremely busy from April onwards; as we head into the winter polo season. Family Visits. April began with visits from family, so the children took a week off school to enjoy their cousins. This was followed by an April houseboat trip on Lake Kariba, accompanied by grandparents and a grand uncle. …