Throwing wood – relief in nature For more homeschool adventures – https://thereisnoshouldbe.com/wild-camping-with-kids/ Today we have surely experienced relief in nature. We had on our aspirations for the day – build a bonfire. The elephant in the field This has been something we’ve talked about for months. We’ve kept the pruned branches, and felled what was required […]
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Homeschool blog – state schools are needed Recently I’ve been writing about myths that I have been coming across on social media. Last week I wrote about the myth that only rich people can homeschool. https://thereisnoshouldbe.com/only-rich-people-can-homeschool/ This week I wanted to address another myth I’ve come across recently. “Public school isn’t needed anymore – it
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“Only rich people can homeschool” I’m quite new to the internet/instagram world of homeschooling opinions. There are a lot of strong ideas out there – homeschool seems to be somewhat of a marmite situation – people are either passionately for it, or adamantly against it. Some myths I come across are: “Public schools aren’t relevant
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Joy and interest, with children in the garden Will it grow? Gardening is such a joy, especially with children in the garden, and there is so much patience required for it. We sow the seeds, my children and I, and we look at the pot a minute later, – it is unchanged?! When will this
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In the desert – Homeschool blog God has His hand on His plan in our lives I was recently thinking how grateful I am that I can look back and see how God has had His hand on our family as we stumbled along the rocky road. There have been some hard lessons – we’ve
Animal Care in Homeschool Extra curricular education I often have these thoughts on our busier days, when I’m trying to keep on top of dishes or laundry (who am I kidding – this never happens until weekend), that I should be doing classes with my boys. They will be cuddling their pet, playing, or reading,
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Slow living and valuable work of the home I’m not one of these people that get all the housework done hours before anyone is up. Increasingly, I’m becoming more and more comfortable with being a slow living person. I find it quite hard to do in this fast paced world, with so many people wearing
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Myself as a parent in the school system My son and I had an understanding until he was 3 years old. I thought, I’m sorted, not problem with the ‘terrible twos’. When he turned 3 I attributed his behaviour change to the ‘terrible threes’, whatever that is. I thought this must just be a developmental
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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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