A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
Activities: Homeschooling. February began with a new incentive, aimed at helping the children produce better quality work… I decided to give them financial rewards for Pace Test results. For Zimbabwe children a few US dollars is like receiving gold, as the US dollar buys so much more than our local currency. With this new incentive, …
Today we live in a fast and furious world, where we all expect immediate answers and results. Prayer, and sharing one’s heart with God, provides the basis for success and enables us to keep our lives in perspective and order. Jesus had a passion for prayer. He prayed wherever he was, standing, kneeling, looking up …
Activities: Homeschooling. School started on the 2nd January for us, as we wanted to achieve a week of schooling, before we went travelling. We began by reading our goals from the previous year and chatting about how some goals had been easy to achieve, whilst others had been more difficult. The goals that we had …
Against all odds… We have achieved greatness this year. -through blogging, homeschooling and just surviving in Zimbabwe. Pushing on through Adversity. Wow! Time certainly flies when one is busy, inspired and a mother… Achieving a year’s blogging, whilst homeschooling my two children, gives me an enormous sense of accomplishment, even though I am still a …
Activities: Homeschooling. There was no school this month, which gave me time to catch my breath and do things I never normally get time to do. This meant tidying up and planning for the next school year. The children had a few responsibilities this month, as they needed to continue to practice their music and …
7 Steps to Shape your Child’s Destiny through Prayer. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV). First Educators. Godly Parents. Eternity Most Important. Bring Your Child to Jesus. God doesn’t make Mistakes. Stand in the Gap. Parents have …
Activities: Homeschooling. Once we reach November it is always exciting for the children, as they suddenly realize that their school year is almost done! By the middle of November, Murray John was able to head off farming, having completed his school year, but being older, Paula Joy has needed an extra few weeks to finish …
Transitioning Your Child Smoothly from Mainstream to Homeschooling. Why the transition from mainstream to home schooling? There are many reasons why you would like to take your child out of mainstream education and start homeschooling your child. Every family has a different reason and it’s OK to be different. As I started my children on …
Activities: Homeschooling. October is Harvest Month on the farm. Once the combine harvesters arrive, the children rush through their school work, so that they can go and spend their spare time in the combines. It is certainly a great incentive to get them to do their work as quickly as possible! Murray John managed to …
How Homeschooling Allows Us the Luxury to Train with the Best Coaches and Embrace Modern Sport. Today’s Sport. Time waits for no one! The world moves on, with or without us… Although changes are happening fast and furiously, -when it comes to sport, it seems nothing has changed since I was at school! -Why I …