We have kept the school schedule really simple this year and it is bliss! We have morning meeting, followed by 90 minutes of maths (60 for the girls), a quick walk around the village, 90 minutes of self-directed learning (120 for the girls), Lunch and free time, 90 minutes of English Language IGCSE (teaching using……
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CHSH-Teach. com Review
Over the past few weeks we have been thoroughly immersing ourselves in our ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ summer adventure. We were so happy to be invited to review the CHSH Download Club from CHSH-Teach.com. Oh my goodness, what a blessing! The Christian Homeschool Hub contains hundreds and hundreds of resources of such an……
Happy Birthday to the Bestest Man in the World!
Happy birthday, Sweetheart….today we are here to make sure every wish comes true 🙂 We love you so much and all feel so blessed to have you in our lives. Thank you for always putting your family first. Today, it’s your turn. We love you so very much <3 Yesterday the children spent the day……
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The Scripture in our House
Yesterday, I posted about the work we had been doing on our hallway, and I received an email asking why I had chosen the scripture passages on the blackboards throughout. So I thought I’d do a quick share. From the top of the hallway, on the kitchen door way: To remind us to always choose……
Around the House in 80 Hours: Hallway/ Office
This week we were going to focus on the Living/ Dining room, but really we needed to get the hall and office organised in order to find a place to organise the mess of the living area into (if you see what I mean). I really struggle to keep my office area clutter free, mainly……
Victorian Steam Punk: Week Three
– I finally finished all the sewing of the costumes, so the photos you see here are their final ones. Not a pin in sight! We also added a few accessories, although that will be our main focus next week. Steam Punk Hat Bearing in mind we are trying to do this whole thing spending……
Around the World in 80 Days: Week Three – Typhoons, Japan and Acrobatics
The last thing we covered during week three was Passepartoute’s journey to Japan and his time spent there trying to earn food to feed himself. He sailed straight to Yokohama from Hong Kong. Fogg was not so fortunate. He had to catch a much smaller boat to Shanghai (which coincidentally he missed!) sailing through a……
Around London in 8 Destinations: Planning Session Two
As part of their summer challenge, the three older children would need to plan, prepare an itinerary for and execute a whole day in London by themselves. They would be required to visit 8 Victorian land sites, taking their photo outside each one. Their smaller challenges to be completed during the four weeks of summer……
Around the World in 80 Days: Week 3 – Calcutta to Singapore
We spent a day learning about the geography of the route between Calcutta and Singapore. It was interesting to go on Google Earth and track the route Passepartout and his master Mr Fogg took. We learnt about: The Bay of Bengal The Strait of Malacca Singapore Gothic Architecture Samuel Morse Fix sends a telegraph to Great……
Around the House in 80 Hours: Week 2 – Kitchen
This week was all about the kitchen. I basically wanted to give it a really deep clean, a thorough organise and a little bit of prettying. We all worked so hard on this, clocking up over 50 hours between us. Gary helped out by giving me a whole day of work, which given it was……
Around the World in 80 Days: Week 2 – India Part Two
Fogg and Passepartout’s Journey Across India The book took us on a very detailed journey through the varying landscapes of India, and I thought it might be quite nice to show visually what Verne was describing in his book, as Fogg and Passepartout made their way across India. This took a long time and required……
Around the World in 80 Days: Week 2 – India Part One
I haven’t so much to write this week because all our time was spent learning about India. Phileas Fogg traveled from Bombay to Calcutta, first by steam train, then by elephant. This week we only read the chapters pertaining to India. We have covered India before in our home school and I fortunately had posted……
Around London in Eight Destinations: Planning Session One
Things were about to get interesting. As part of their summer challenge, the three older children would need to plan, prepare an itinerary for and execute a whole day in London by themselves. They would be required to visit 8 Victorian land sites, taking their photo outside each one. Their smaller challenges to be completed……
Around the House in 80 Hours: Progress Week One – Bathroom
This week we have concentrated on the bathroom, which has needed such a lot of work done to it. We only have one bathroom between the seven of us (we have a second loo upstairs but only one bath/shower), which means this bathroom has to work hard and, as a corner room off the kitchen……