A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
Homeschooling Adventures and Activities for August. August Activities: Homeschooling. August break. August was holiday time for the children, starting with a two week camping trip on the Zambezi River. This was followed by cricket trials and a cricket camp for Paula Joy. The homeschooling holidays ended with the final polo tournament of the season. It’s …
Adventures and Activities July 2022. July Activities: Homeschooling. Homeschooling on the Move. Our lives are always on the move, between our two homes. This requires organisational and self disciplinary skills, to ensure that the children keep up to date with their school work. They have now both learnt how to manage their monthly goals, even …
Adventures and Activities June. June Activities: Homeschooling. Horsey Month. June is always a very busy month. The polo season continued in full swing, with horse activities most weekends. Homeschooling was ongoing, with a week’s break early in the month, so that the children could prepare for the annual pony club show. Homeschooling Year End. With …
Incorporating Buying a New Home into Our Homeschooling Journey. New Property Research. We love involving our children in all our decision making. It’s always fun to get their input and bounce ideas off them. Children, generally, see things so differently to adults, which makes for some interesting discussions. For a number of reasons, we decided …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …