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FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

What is a Healthy Homeschooling Culture?

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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

We Found ‘Candies and Blossoms’ Amidst Adversity!

Goodness, wouldn’t we all love adversity to come wrapped in candy! “Wow! This year has sure been a struggle – just to survive… Well, you have made it through this year, which has really been a very tough one for all of us! However, you are almost done and Christmas is the finish line…Give yourself …

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FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

Finding and Following Your Homeschooling Vision.

Follow These Steps to Help Your Find Your Vision. First Define Your Vision. Vision means: “The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination and wisdom.” Wisdom comes from God’s unmerited favor and is something the world does not have. It is not something you can study for, or acquire with your own …

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FAITH: Homeschooling. FAMILY: The Whaley Academy.

How You can Help Your Child Identify Their God-Given Gifts and Callings.

Where do we start looking for God-given gifts(talents) and callings? ‘We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.’ Romans 12 vs 6. NIV Firstly, what we DON’T want for our children. We want to prevent our children ending up in the wrong career… This can be compared to walking around with a shoe …

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

Worldly Confusion and Our Miracle.

How We Received Our Miracle. Lock-down in Zimbabwe. This week Zimbabwe declared a 21 day lock-down, to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. The whole family needed to be on the farm for this period, which meant a very busy few days for me in town, getting organised to be on the farm for the …