A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
How I Introduced Cellphones to My Children, as a Tool Not a Toy. Introducing Cellphones as a Tool. After much prayer and research, I recently introduced cellphones to my children, for them to use as a tool and not as a toy! I chose a route which would enable my children to use their cellphones …
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 …
How I Embrace Freedom with Responsibility, Each and Every Day, as I Homeschool My Children. Homeschooling Freedom on the Farm. Homeschooled farm children certainly have the best of both worlds, as far as schooling, farm life, responsibility, space and freedom are concerned… I like to make use of what we have around us, in order …
We call these our Banana Miracles… Turbulent Economic Times. In Zimbabwe, we live in turbulent economic times. Organised crime is nothing new, but it seems to be growing daily. This is a country where people are poor, hungry and desperate, -always looking to make a quick buck. Our only defence against this situation is to …
The world needs more independent critical thinkers. Our goal as parents is to train our children to be question all that they are learning.
Help your child communicate better with love and respect.