Category Archives: Homeschooling

What our neighbours think of homeschooling

We have been homeschooling for almost three years now and I have had very different reactions from my neighbours over the almost three years.  I had a lovely neighbour who was fascinated by it and came for some tea and … Continue reading

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The very hungry caterpillar

The last few weeks have been very disruptive on the home learning front.  All of us have taken it in turns to get sick and now we are in a mad rush to quickly pack up the house so we … Continue reading

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A quick and easy flower shop

We do not buy trays of cupcakes often but we recently had a little party with the grandparents and the kids asked for store-bought cupcakes.  The tray that the cupcakes came in reminded me of the flower trays that you … Continue reading

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Hunting for letters and shapes

We have been having some fun hiding shapes and letters lately.  This is actually an activity that my daughter’s Occupation Therapsit recommended for her to do a couple of years ago so I thought it would be a good one … Continue reading

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Making our own money peg cards

We have been using our play money a lot lately with our role-playing so I thought we would try to make our own money peg cards.  (If you have never used peg cards before we love them – the kids … Continue reading

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