Blog - Homeschooling Downunder

My Homeschool Seminar 2019

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our first My Homeschool Seminar at Golden Grove, Sydney on Saturday June 1^st!

Let’s Talk Planning

I have been to a number of get-togethers where the majority of homeschooling mums became the most animated when the topic of planning was raised. Whether you love it (and your monthly menu plan is laminated and stuck on the fridge) or whether you groan that you never seem to be ready for anything, planning is ...

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7
MAY
2019

1

Homeschool News & Events, Mother's Encouragement

How My Homeschool Has Changed – Then & Now

Homeschool Days

Hopes And Dreams

When you first start out homeschooling, your hopes are all just dreams.

You want to do so much for your kids and you hope that where you want to go, is where you will actually end up.

Then as the years tick on, and you pass each new milestone, you start to see that homeschooling really does work. It’s ...

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1
MAY
2019

12

Highschool, Mother's Encouragement

The Homeschool Planning Puzzle

Curriculum planning

In my early years as a home educator I liked to have detailed homeschool plans and colour coded timetables. But after a few months, I’d be back at the computer revising my plans. I felt I’d failed. However as each year closed and I looked back at what I had actually done I realised that I had made progress. ...

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1
JAN
2019

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Charlotte Mason, Homeschool Planning & Organization

Is the NESA Syllabus different from the Australian Curriculum?

BOSTES has changed its name to NESA

If you are getting registered to homeschool in NSW then you know that the NESA Home Schooling package requires your educational program to be “based on the relevant board of studies syllabus and content. “

I have often suggested that you can use ...

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9
OCT
2018

15

Homeschool Planning & Organization, Homeschooling Australia

Rubbish Advice for New Home Schoolers Fresh from School

Rubbish advice for new homeschoolers

There is a lot of terrible advice for new home schoolers who find themselves unexpectedly homeschooling.

Many parents of tweens and teens are pulling their kids out of school because their children are having some sort of trouble. Their motivation for bringing them home is their kids hate school and the parents are worried there will be ...

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22
FEB
2018

13

Highschool, Mother's Encouragement, Teaching Methods

Homeschooling Multiple Children

homeschooling multiple children

Homeschooling multiple children was hard work. This is a picture of the first year I was teaching all four at the same time.

Back in those days homeschooling multiple kids went like this.

I was trying to be patient.

I was pretending that my stomach wasn’t churning with anxiety as I tried to calmly explain a math concept to one child.

I was multitasking ...

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13
FEB
2018

1

Homeschool Planning & Organization, Special Needs, Teaching Methods

How Many Hours Do You Homeschool?

Lesson Times – “How many hours do you homeschool?”

When I first began homeschooling I kept asking other home school mothers, “How many hours do you homeschool?” They all seemed reluctant to put a time on their day. Finally one confessed how much time she spent doing lessons and I was a little shocked to find out it wasn’t ...

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12
FEB
2018

1

Homeschool Planning & Organization, Teaching Methods

Morning Time, Circle Time & Group Lessons

Morning Time Simply Put

Last year I read Cindy Rollin’s book Mere Motherhood. I loved reading her story as she muddled through her journey working out her homeschool groove. She coined a phrase which has become a buzz word in homeschool circles these days – Morning Time.

Simply put, Morning Time is spending time each day doing a handful of ...

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2
FEB
2018

1

Fun Lesson Ideas, Homeschool Planning & Organization, Mother's Encouragement

That’s Why I’ll Never Homeschool!

That's why i'll never homeschool

So You’re Having Coffee With Your Never Homeschool Friends

You are sitting around a table with some friends who have children in school. They are raving (or complaining or comparing) about their child’s new class teachers. They talk about the choir, craft and sports teachers that are at the school. And then one of them turns to you and ...

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4
JAN
2018

2

Charlotte Mason, Mother's Encouragement

Take Some Time To Rest These Holidays

Holidays can sometimes seem more exhausting than school term. But it’s important to replenish ourselves for the next season of teaching.

Life can get very busy as the year rolls on and momentum builds.

Each month can make us feel a little more behind in our duties and instead of focusing on our progress we begin to become stressed about our lack ...

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DEC
2017

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Mother's Encouragement