We are a young, fun-loving, crazy, disciple-making, intentional, home-schooling, adventure-seeking, purpose-pursuing family living in the heart of Jozi yet trying to do life at our own pace.
This blog is about sharing our stories, our thoughts, our experiences, our lives; hoping that they will help, encourage and inspire other families out there.....as we all do this adulting thing :)
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. 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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There is no phrase as tempting as this one! Especially at the stage our children are currently at, where every little thing seems to be faced with the question “Why??” “Why do I have to eat my vegetables?” “Why must I go to sleep?” “Why do I have to go pee?” “Why can’t I play in the rain?” “Why must…
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Hubby and I got married almost 9 years ago now, and we’ve always wanted a lot of kids. We initially wanted “as many kids as we could have” haha!
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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 ❤️. We had a late start because…
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I’ve had to answer this question so many times. 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. We read some great books on the subject, from friends and from the library. 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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Yep, yep!!! We are at it again! Expecting our 4th sweet bundle 🙂 I’m soooo excited!! Anyone who knows us knows that we’ve always wanted a big family! Our number was initially 5-7 but over the years, we eventually settled on 4, with the possibility of 5 haha! But our third baby was quite a challenging one, he made…
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If you are what you eat, then your grocery list is very important. Here are some things I do to help our family eat better: 1) I try not to buy junk food when I’m grocery shopping…..the general rule is that we buy per craving……so if you’re craving chocolate bad enough to drive and get some, then it’s a serious…
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THE PRO’S OF MARRIAGE : PRO #73 One of the greatest benefits of marriage for me has been the amazing blessing of being able to use my husband’s phone to buzz mine every single day that I’ve lost it in the house 🙂
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We’ve got some really good books on learning about the weather and the different seasons, but here are some of the fun activities that we’ve used to reinforce the ideas and concepts. THE WEATHER GAME We love playing this free printable weather game. It’s fun and helps the kids remember the weather terms, and of course anything with dice reinforces…
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I'm Unathi (aka MamakaKumi), and the main storyteller here :) I hope you enjoy reading about our colourful life :)
