Top 10 Parenting tips during Lock-down with Coronavirus
An alternative title could be “Coping or thriving with kids around 24/7”. Making a conscious and lifestyle decision over eleven years ago to home school our kids means that I Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: school holidays
Acts of Kindness – school holiday fun
It’s school holidays here in Australia and that can raise a whole lot of emotions in both parents and kids. Now my kids are teenagers, it is a whole new Continue Reading →
Balance
Last weekend our kids were involved in a 24 hour Mega-swim to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis. This involved being at the pool for a total of 15 hours and Continue Reading →
School holiday fun
In Victoria, Australia, we are currently commencing a fortnight break for Spring school holidays. I have found that parents generally fall into 3 groups – love the time with their Continue Reading →
Fortnightly Update 29th September 2014
The big news this past fortnight was that Matey(8), graduated from the Kings Swimming program to their swimming squad. A huge effort which was rewarded with a big graduation ceremony. Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 21st July 2013
This last week was the first week back to school after the winter fortnight’s school holidays in Victoria, Australia. Even though we homeschool, we still take the time to have a break from formal school work. I set challenges for the kids based on what I would like them to learn, practice doing etc and they get points depending on what they do. Once they reach 200 points, they get a reward. The kids love this so much that they tend to do more school work during the holidays and enjoy it so much better. They play a lot of games, make Lego structures, read a lot, compose songs etc for these rewards. Continue Reading →