A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
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 …
Managing Homeschooling, Through 18 Months of Illness. Health Deterioration. When I became ill, in August 2021, the doctors and I presumed it was Malaria or Covid 19. However, no medical treatment seemed to help me…as I continued managing homeschooling through 18 months of illness, without my health improving. Eventually, we presumed that I was suffering …
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 …
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, …
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 …