A family's homeschooling, lifestyle and adventures.
Our Fun and Fantastic Adventure. Three Weeks The children and I traveled to Cape Town, for three weeks, from mid December 2023 until New Year’s Day 2024. Douglas joined us for a week at Christmas. This fun and fantastic experience was mainly a family visit, to my parents who live in Sunnydale, near Noordhoek. Cape …
Our Eastern Highlands Adventure in Nyanga. Blue Swallow Lodges. Our year began with two weeks of schooling, before we headed off for our eastern highlands adventure and annual visit to Blue Swallow Lodges, at Troutbeck Resort, Nyanga. Nyanga is a place where there are endless adventures, waiting to be enjoyed. As the children get older, …
Our Trip to Aberfoyle Lodge, in the Honde Valley. Aberfoyle Lodge for New Year. We celebrated the start of the new year, with a trip to Aberfoyle Lodge, which is situated in the Honde Valley, on the north eastern border, of Zimbabwe. This is a very lush tropical part of the country, surrounded by wooded mountains. …
Homeschooling Adventures and Activities – Year End 2022. Year End – Activities: Homeschooling. Mum’s Health. As you have probably noticed, I have not posted anything for three months!.. Towards the end of the year, my health took a serious tumble… This eventually resulted in a period in hospital, for tests, then major surgery at another …
Such a fun adventurous week for us all.
Camping at Chewore, lower Zambezi River. Preparing for the Trip. It is always a rush, filled with long ‘to do’ lists, when a decision is made to head off to camp, in the remote Chewore campsite, on the great Zambezi River. Vehicles, boats and trailers need to be serviced and ready for the 400km trek, …
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 …
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 …