Ten days of …

Found on http://homegrownmom.com/  Be sure to visit these brilliant women in this 10 days adventure …! We love these ladies and we know you do too. 10 days of socialization for mom | The Homeschool Chick 10 days of classical education | Milk & Cookies 10 days of large families | Chocolate on My Cranium [...]

Home School Sign

http://www.homeschoolmania.com/sssss.gif sign – for your van window? Caution Unsocialized Homeschoolers You really need to be homeschooled to fully appreciate this one.

Welcome …

- these links open in new screen   Homeschooling  - also check out www.nzhomeed.wordpress.com for New Zealand homeschooling information and helps Recipes   Lapbooking  - presentation folders Church – includes gathering, assembly, following Jesus Mother’s Encouragement  – includes parenting   My family’s web presence: The Counsellor  – husband Kiwikids  – children

Distracted 9yo

My 9yo boy gets distracted doing workbooks, cleaning his room, doing all sorts of chores and tasks around home, but sit him in the middle of his lego or brainbox circuitry and he’s focussed for ages! So, I know he can focus in. (He’s a dreamer. I love him dearly.) I set the stove timer [...]

WW : Object Lessons

At 8+10 years old, my children still like object lessons. Object lessons are Bible stories and deeper concepts taught by something real they can see. Jesus used parables or stories with several layers of meanings. And so realia, or real tangible objects, help to express ideas and character qualities to everyone – not just the [...]

ThTh : Church?

I was brought up to go to Church on Sunday. That’s the first call on your time each Sunday. I have wholeheartedly believed this – til the end of last year. Factors that have contributed to changes in my thinking about what church (small ‘c’) is, include: multiple migraines (and not wanting to endure teenage angst, [...]

WW : 10 things about NZ Maori

Kia ora!   1. History overview : http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/maori/ 2. Culture – protocols  (on marae etc) : http://www.maori.org.nz/ - overview http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/culture-maori-culture.cfm 3. Te Reo – language : http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/language/maori/ http://www.korero.maori.nz/ 4. Iwi – tribes : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/maori/guides/iwi_map.htm 5. Waiata – songs : http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html Stick game with music : http://folksong.org.nz/epapa/index.html  6. Unit Study overview : http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html  7. Whale Rider : http://www.moviemusicuk.us/whaleridecd.htm  -   music The haunting [...]

WW : Kiwi Home Educators’ Blogs

 New Zealand home educators are online. Here’s some that I found: (expanded & republished) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AngtheFLYingKiwi/ - Ang http://momentsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/ - Cate http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ChrissyShads/ - Christina http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/ - Colleen http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KiwiSmithFamily/ - Craig Barbara http://www.cynthiahancox.com/blog/ - Cynthia  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CynthiaH/  http://wonder-mints.blogspot.com/ - Darnia http://3kiwihomeschoolers.blogspot.com/ - ‘J’s Mum’ http://kiwidigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwimumoffive/ - jaybee http://homeschoolingdiary.wordpress.com/ - Jen  http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna http://lapbooking.wordpress.com http://katekiwi.blogspot.com/ - Kate http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwigirl/ http://www.homesteadblogger.com/atTheGoodLife - Leanne http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/OurSchoolingJourney/ - Maree http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mlaktin/ - Marilyn http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/wisdomspearls/ - Melody http://www.rachel-larkin.com/ - Rachel L, [...]

FF : Home Educators’ YearBook

Home Educators Yearbook Before the year ends, here’s one way to have a record of your Homeschool year : Buy a small-medium photo album Check there are plain cards slightly smaller than the sleeve in each sleeve. This keeps pages firm, esp if no photos. Grab a camera and do some catch-up photo-taking. Capture people and [...]

FF : Kiwi Home Educators’ BlogRing

Hello fellow Kiwi bloggers, Would you like to join a Kiwi Home Educators blog ring? Your blog doesn’t have to be about homeschooling (exclusively). But live in or be from New Zealand – and have home educated. www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/ – view – Kiwi Home Educators – just new www.ringsurf.com/netring?action=addform&ring=nr96 – sign up   The best code [...]

ThTh : Light Hearted HS

Who said that ‘thoughtful’ can’t be tongue-in-cheek? http://www.teachinghome.com/newsletters/newsletter207.cfm April Fool’s light hearted approach to homeschooling Here’s the Headers: Top 10 Tips for April 1st 10.  How To Make Your House Clean Itself   9.  P.E. Can Work Out for You   8.  Hands-on History   7.  Lazy Science   6.  999 Ways To Teach the [...]

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