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v It’s that time of the year again! The festive season is officially over and we’re busy planning for our homeschool year! And no, we don’t start the year with schools, so we don’t have the pressure of opening in the next two weeks đ We usually start in Feb, or whenever we’re readyđ âŚbecause we can đđâ â I wrote down these…
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One of the most popular questions we get asked is âWhat does your Homeschooling Day look like?â Today, Iâm gonna share a bit about what our homeschooling rhythm looks like and hopefully itâll shed a bit more light đ(Click here if you’d rather watch the episode) Let me start with this quote by Richie Norton, that I love: âIntentional living is…
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One of the most popular questions we get asked is âWhy do we homeschoolâ or âHow did we decide to homeschoolâ.
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We recently did a week focused on learning about the human body in our homeschool đ There is honestly SOOO much to learn about the human body, no wonder people spend years upon years in university studying! I must say: 1) Just in preparing for these lessons, I was in awe of Godâs designâŚ.when you learn more about everything that…
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We’ve all been shaken by this Covid-19, and now with our nation on lockdown, we just wanted to share some tips on making the most of this time. Not everything will apply to every single person, of course, because we’re all facing varying situations. Also, please bear with me if you’re not a parent, as some of the tips have…
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âChildren donât need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with themâ – Bruce Perry Thereâs so much I want for our kids….and itâs so easy getting caught up doing stuff for them (because they also do have A Lot of needs! ) but I am…
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One of the (many) things I’m having to unlearn in this homeschooling journey is the idea that learning=classroom=paper,pen&book=teacher in front of class, etc. Â I’ve had to discover what learning is all about and am continually forming my idea of what I want our education to look like. Anyway…..one of the things I keep on having to be reminded about is…
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Tuesday was our first day back at “school” (we generally start our learning time on a Tuesday because Mondays are our standing family days as Mama and Baba usually have work on weekends). I could’ve done with another week or even month off, but I had actually missed our beloved reading time on the couch â¤ď¸. We had a late start because…
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I’ve had to answer this question so many times. Â Sometimes to seemingly well-meaning people and sometimes to seemingly judgmental or skeptical ones. I guess homeschooling is not quite the norm in our nation….so more often than not, when the topic of school comes up in conversation, I have to brace myself to answer a lot of questions…..lol! I think I…
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We recently spent a week focusing on learning more about our five senses. Â We read some great books on the subject, from friends and from the library. Â Here are some of the fun activities we got up to, most of them from Learn-Play-Imagine: SENSE OF TASTE We played a game where I blindfolded the kids and then gave them different…
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I'm Unathi (aka MamakaKumi), and the main storyteller here :) I hope you enjoy reading about our colourful life :)
