A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
May Adventures and Activities. May Activities: Homeschooling. Winter Arrives. As May begins, so does winter… Fortunately, on our farm we experience very mild winters, which is wonderful. Homeschooling Timetable. We pushed hard with schooling, throughout the month, and managed to do schooling around the training of our horses. On many days we would ride in the mornings …
Easter at Spurwing Island, Lake Kariba. Holiday Surprise. An Easter invitation to Spurwing Island Lodge, on the shores of Lake Kariba, was a wonderful surprise, causing great excitement in the household! Of course, the children loved the idea of another week off homeschooling, to go and explore a new location on Lake Kariba. Helicopter Ride. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …