We have had some wonderful thunderstorms in Cheshire this summer but we certainly have not had as much rain as we would have liked. In some areas of the UK we already have hosepipe bans and this seems to be a recurrent theme lately. I thought that I would pull a post from my homeschool …
When I told the girls that we were going to be looking at the Oak tree for our homeschool nature study outdoor hour challenge – they were really pleased. Our introduction to this challenge was done with some friends at our Friday co-op. ‘Although from two to three hundred years is the average age of …
Welcome back to the 2nd in my mini-series on creating a Homeschool plan. If you have missed the first post in the series then you can hop over and read more on developing a plan and setting a course for your high school. There are plenty of posts out there on homes educating in general …
Homeschooling highschool children in the UK was a choice not many make and taking the American SAT path while maintaining our Charlotte Mason ethos rather than the UK’s A-Level program most certainly put us on a road that very few UK home educators had travelled. However, we stuck with what suited our children most and …
I am a veteran homeschooling mum with two homeschool graduates and there are a few things I wish I had known as we moved through our highschooling homeschool years. One of those things is tackling the fear that comes with homeschooling through high school. I want to speak about guarding your hearts against allowing fear …
Choosing to homeschool our children was the best decision we have ever made. It has been a journey of excitement lots of joyful memories and experiences, discovery, bonding, learning and growing. It has also been a journey peppered with learning and character challenges, exhaustion, tears and doubt. This comes with the territory and anyone who tries …
We have used the Homeschool Nature Study Lessons and the Handbook of Nature Study in our homeschool for many years. As a homeschool mom, I appreciate the fact that it’s an easy way to include weekly nature study without it becoming an overwhelming task. Following the retirement of the founding author of the Outdoor Hour …
Even though we have finished homeschooling, I still like to create lists of seasonal delights to do and observe in my home. Not only do I get joy from this simple home-keeping rhythm but my family does too, even though my girls are all grown up. It’s a part of what we know and recognize …
Weather is almost an inexhaustible subject for nature study and at this time of the year, a nature study on frosty weather is sure to be a hit! Our Nature Study on Frosty Weather There is always something different happening, especially this time of the year as we move from Autumn into Winter. At the moment in …
Our now-adult children have a broad appreciation for many different genre’s of music, from 70’s rock to country, classical, indy, jazz, all manner of music and I attribute that to our embracing all this in our home as they were growing up as well as to our music appreciation lessons during our homeschool years. Below …
