Lent will commence on Wendesday 2nd of March this year.  A couple of years ago I discovered a beautiful new book for the season of Advent by the author Chris Tiegreen.  I was very pleased to discover that he had written a companion devotional for Lent. The Promise of Lent Devotional A 40-Day Journey Toward the Miracle of Easter Format Hardback | 192 pages  Dimensions 145 x 188 x 15mm | 318g  Publication date 15 Jan 2018  Publisher Tyndale Momentum  Language English  ISBN10 1496419138  ISBN13 9781496419132  Lent is a time of remembering Christ's ..read more

In a weeks time it will be Rememberance Day or sometimes locally known as Poppy Day in Australia and New Zealand.  Rememberance Day is observed on 11 November at 11 am through a minute of silence. This tradition was inaugurated by King George V in 1919. Remembrance Day is observed to recall the end of First World War hostilities. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month", in accordance with the armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour ..read more

I have been craving cheesecake!  I love the Trim Healthy Mama cheesecake recipe in their original book however I wanted something that used less cream cheese.  Long story short is that I have been experimenting and combining a few recipes together (Cottage Cheesecake, Basic Cheesecake THM book page 373) to come up with this recipe.   Healthy Lemon Cheesecake  Ingredients Base Half cup Briana's Baking Mix (THM FP and gluten free) 1 tablespoon Whey Protein Isolate 1 tablespoon sweetener (I use xylitol) 2 tablespoons salted butter melted 1 tablespoon water Cheesecake ..read more

That's a wrap folks. I have so enjoyed ticking this off my bucket list. Blogging Through the Alphabet is one of those things I've always wanted to do since I started this blog. Now I have and it's all with grateful appreciation to my co-host Desiree at Our Homeschool Notebook who has been sharing her families Lego Adventure Through the Alphabet! A is for Art Lessons at Home B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours?  Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts  Delight Directed Education Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers For the Children's Sake G is for Geography Homeschool ..read more

 Better late than never!  I'm so sorry this post is late.  Today we are on the final letter for this years Blogging Through The Alphabet!  Wow the letter Z.  My co-host Desiree is sharing the Z is for Zone!   The topic today is Zoo Visits for Science!  A visit to the zoo is so good no matter what age you are.  I'm so grateful for zoo's around the world.  They contribute to so much of the knowledge that we have and allow us to experience different biomes and animals from across the globe.  They are places that protect and preserve life and contr ..read more

Wow we're on the second last week of of Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. This week we are talking all things Y. Today I want to share a few thoughts on teaching our children using YouTube. My co-host Deidre is sharing Y is for Yellow in her her Lego Alphabet Series. When Nathaniel was younger we really loved learning online via YouTube.  There are some really AMAZING channels on there.  Today I want to share a few we've enjoyed. The Engineer Guy is one of my favourite channels.  Bill Hammack explores the world of engineering.  You can find his website here: The Engine ..read more

You are the most important X-Factor in Your Homeschool! You are the Key Ingredient to Homeschool Success. Dear Homeschool Parent stop selling yourself short.  You are valuable and you are the reason your homeschool exists and YOU are the central ingredient!Define X factor a noteworthy special talent or quality a variable in a given situation that could have the most significant impact on the outcome. an unknown or unexplained element that makes something more interesting or valuable (Collins) a quality that you cannot describe that makes someone very special (Cambridge) a circumstance ..read more

 We certainly are reaching the end of Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. with the letter W for this week.  Today I want to share a few thoughts on teaching our children to write cursive.  My co-host Deidre is sharing W is for World in her her Lego Alphabet Series. When we started homeschooling I assumed I would teach my children to write cursive when they turned nine years old because that's when I learned it at school.  I was astounded however when I discovered that cursive was not taught to students in New Zealand.  The moment that solidified my decision was wh ..read more

 These last few letters of the alphabet are really stretching my thinking.  This is week 23 in Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. This week we are looking at V is for Value Added Learning.  My co-host Deidre has been sharing some amazing things to do with lego in her Lego Alphabet Series. This week she is sharing V is for Vacation I am a first generation home educator, as such I really struggled with homeschooling in the begining because I was looking at everything from a compartmentalised perspective.  Thankfully two things happened which really helped free me to enjoy ho ..read more

 Welcome to week 22 of Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021.  This week we are looking at the letter U and for the life of me I couldn't thing of a U topic to share.  So I threw it out to the family who suggested - Ubiquitous Homeschooler so here it is.  My co-host Deidre has been sharing some amazing things to do with lego in her Lego Alphabet Series.  This week she is sharing U is for Unicorn. What does Ubiquitous mean:   present, appearing, or found everywhere Widespread exisiting or being everywhere They seem to be everywhere Universal One of the greatest ble ..read more