Homeschooling

Our homeschool has looked different over the years. When all our kids were smaller, we used to do a lot of Family Learning together. I cherish those times, and kids actually did learn a lot. It was fun to teach all the kids together at the same time. But as the years went by, and

Hope you all are enjoying the summer break, as well as getting ready for the new academic year! I always find it inspirational to look up ideas for homeschool rooms, and organisation. So, in this post, I was going to do a tour of our homeschool room, hoping to provide some inspiration along the way.

 My Homeschool Organization System  After summer cleanout and lesson planning, my next step and final step revolves around getting my homeschool system in place; putting together all the its and bits to create a smooth workflow. I had tried several methods in the past to keep the workflow going. But most of those methods either

Lesson Planning Once I  selected or put together curriculum, the next thing I do is lesson planning; or spreading out the lessons over the year.  When I started off years ago, I would very meticulously write down the page numbers of all topics to cover that day, into a book, under the respective days. But

After I do my curriculum  planning for the coming year, my next step is to make the space available! In other words, clearing out schoolwork from past year, filing them away, going through resources, decluttering and reorganizing. By April, I start counting the days for the year to be done… Most subjects may have already been completed, but

In light of the COVID, and uncertainty as to the reopening of schools next academic year, I thought I’ll do a series of posts in getting ready for the new school year. Hopefully this will benefit those already homeschooling, and those considering homeschooling over online public schooling.  With homeschooling,  parents get to provide their own

Why homeschooling is different from public school-at-home and quarantine schooling Recently, it seems there’s lots of misconceptions about homeschooling, as most families who are forced to do public school-at-home as a result of COVID 19 school closures, are considered as ‘homeschooling’.  There is a big difference between homeschooling and public school-at- home. There is even

Some months of the year are just too busy for ‘normal school’.  With just kids activities/ outside classes, doctors appointments etc etc, I find myself on the road with the kids for upto close to 180 miles a week some seasons!!! One time I was actually on the road for over 500 miles that week!