Hey there! If you are a long term reader, you will know that I usually take December off from blogging. This year I have decided to do something a little differently. I intend to reblog our Christmas traditions, as well as posting some posts I wrote (but never published) last year around the time of……
Category: Homeschooling
My Homeschool Review Crew Favourites
After writing a stack of reviews over the past year, a few of the products have emerged as absolute favourites in our household and I thought I would share my top five in reverse order. Number Five VeritasBible.com from Veritas Press was my fifth favourite resource I reviewed this year. It is thorough and digs much……
South America Unit Study
Yeeeehaa! My unit study all about South America and the rainforest is done and dusted and is now posted all in one place 🙂 Enjoy! Part 1: South America: Learning through Literature Part 2: Project Based Learning: South American Animals Part 3: South America Adventure box Part 4: Where in the World? Part 5:……
South America: The Vanishing Rain Forests {deserts}
Welcome to my very last post on our South American Unit Study. I’m so chuffed I managed to finally get it all written down, and I am so ready to move on to our next continent study, which I think will be Asia. This week we learnt all about the importance of plants and trees……
Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks {Review}
I was thrilled when I was approached by the company which has produced some of my favourite history curriculum to review a handful of audio products, including Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks. The Well Trained Mind will be known to all of you. They are the company behind The……
Around the World with FIAR: Salamander Room
FIAR Work The Salamander Room is a delightful book about a young boy imagining all he would need to do to his bedroom to make it habitable for the salamander he found in the forest. Once I had read out this book for a few days I had A8 narrate the story back to me……
Dare to Dream: Recognising the Passion Within
In this post, I will share how we have determined what the passions are of each child. With Lillie it was easy. She spent every spare moment creating. She was even happy to do so alone. This was the girl who hated our quiet times each day growing up because she had to be……
Precious Moments {November 12th to 18th}
What an exciting week we have had! Last Friday we had some fabulous 1-2-1 conferences, so we were all set for this week. A8 wondered if she might be able to start having one each week also. I’m not sure how we will fit it in but I said I would do my best :)……
Chemistry 101 {Review}
This is my last review for the Homeschool Review Crew and what a product to end on! As you all know, Thomas is taking an IGCSE in Chemistry next June, so I begged to be on this review. I kind of had a feeling it would be a good fit, and boy was I right!……
The Magic School Bus: In the Rain Forest {Chocolate Production}
This whole lesson was focused on all things chocolate. I knew this would appeal hugely to the masses so I bribed encouraged them to work hard with the promise of fun times to come. And they did. Work hard, that is, although it was not without the presence of much checking when the promised treat time……
Dare to Dream: Having the Courage to Let Your Homeschooler Dream Big
Each year we toddle off to Northern Ireland for our annual holiday. Gary and I use this time to think, pray and discuss changes we might like to see in our family and home school. More often than not I go away with questions, worries and issues that I have determined to pray about, with……
Precious Moments {November 5th to 11th}
Welcome to my favourite post of the week! The one where I pop down all the special moments our family has had over the last seven days. After a not very productive last week, I was determined to keep us all busy this week. And busy we were! Last Friday we finished off the day……
Around the World with FIAR: Henry the Castaway
Geographical Theme for Term: South America We read through this book again: Henry the Castaway is a story about a boy who imagines going for an adventure on the Orinoco River. This river runs through Venezuela and Colombia: As we had already covered Columbia in a past study, we focused primarily on Venezuela this week.……
Artist Study: Tony Cragg {Sculptor}
Lillie has been learning about artist and sculptor Tony Cragg in her Saturday art lesson. I thought as she had struggled a bit with the concept of abstract art we would do a bit of extra work using Cragg as our inspiration. During her lesson at the university, she had helped to make a Cragg……
Fun-Time Phonics! {The Critical Thinking Co.™ Review}
Over the past few weeks my youngest daughter has been trying out Fun-Time Phonics!™ Software – 2-PCs Win Download which is part of the Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Before Kindergarten!™ software bundle from The Critical Thinking Co.™. The Critical Thinking Co.™ has lots of information about the importance of preschool academics and this bundle helps the……