Should you homeschool It is worth really hearing what a child is trying to communicate. My son used to object to attending his judo classes, claiming they were a ‘waste of time.’ Later, he described upsetting behaviour from his brothers a ‘waste of time’. At first I thought, he just couldn’t be bothered. Then I […]
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How to make a curriculum work for you Make a curriculum work for you Following from my previous post about carving out me time, this post continues to consider what kind of lifestyle we would like for our children and for ourselves. Here I think about hopes and goals in relation to employing a homeschooling
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Carve out me time We’re here – the children are home So we’ve started homeschooling. Are you the same? Or maybe you’re working it out. Maybe it’s something that’s on your radar. There’s always so much to consider – a whole new structure to the day. There’s all the previous jobs that I would get
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How I manage living with autism It was of great significance in my life when I realised my autism (level 1). I began to join the dots, and connected this family of traits with understanding and coping mechanisms for living with autism. I think this is because it gave me a format with which to
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Wild camping with kids Well, we did it. We made it! All the way to the Isle of Mull for our camping trip we sailed! And what an adventure we had. I must say, the trip was particularly successful because of the people we camped next to, and the community that we became part of.
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Wild camping in Scotland We are going camping this week. We are most excited. It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally freed up a week. This is a different style of blog this week, considering our preparations for wild camping in Scotland. Scotland Just off the west coast of Scotland lies the island
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Intuition for bullied children In this discussion on intuition for bullied children I am referring to the book From My Hands to Yours, by Monty Roberts. It is a book on training horses – lessons that walks the reader through a journey of understanding for the training of horses. Of course our children are not
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Expectations of our children What are our expectations of our children on a homeschool day? How much ‘should they’ be doing? How many extra curricular activities ‘should they’ be attending? How much work ‘should they’ be completing each day? How many social activities ‘should they’ be part of? I have three boys, and each of
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Bringing out the best – Attention in home education “Love is a pure attention…” philosopher Louis Lavelle “How we dispose our consciousness… is, therefore, a moral act…” Ian McGilchrist “By paying a certain kind of attention, you can… cherish or strip of all value.” Ian McGilchrist Two kinds of attention This is an interesting one,
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How long do you think this young labradoodle can sit like this? How much is he learning in this position. He is learning about his relationship with us, those requiring him to sit, and he is learning about his relationship with work. He is waiting for the stick (sitting for about 2 seconds) to be
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