February 2013 saw us start schooling for the year in earnest. Simply, this meant that we got back into the swing of doing seatwork as well as all the more fun stuff like reading aloud, experiments and the like. It was a TOUGH first few weeks as I have a couple of ‘students’ who really [...]
While we’ve been in quarantine, thanks to the Whooping Cough Lurgies, we’ve had some really slooow school days. I was too ill for most of last week to do anything with the kids, but they got on with their independent work without much prompting from me. But this week, we got back into the swing [...]
Another wonderful outing! Despite having a few moments of heart palpitations, thanks to narrow ledges and steep edges, we managed to hike all the way to Peer’s Cave and back again – in one piece. Accomplishment! Karen, our intrepid Zimbabwean, led us Capetonians on our hike up the mountain. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve [...]
Homeschooling is not necessarily a total DIY educational experience. It can be. Most successfully too. But, it’s seldom the case. Most homeschoolers rely on help. Help that can take the form of a formal curriculum, computer based programmes, outside tuition, support groups, and extra-curricular activities. Which is where we find ourselves. We homeschool with a [...]
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