Personalising their learning journey is a sure fire way of getting them interested to study with you. When we change the names to their names as we're reading aloud to them, our children become more invested and involved in the story.  Kids love inventing and making something new - playing scrabble with them is fun but how about you put a twist on it, like, how many 3(4..5..) letter words can you make in one min? You can also make a real life computer game - we hide NERF guns and bullets around the house and they have to run around and find them before commencing their batt ..read more

I'm writing this post at 1am probably because I drank too much coffee today trying to stay awake and do a zillion things at once. Long story short - I was teaching online during a thunderstorm outside and had to ensure all my own kids were actively engaged too. We did it -just about! I wanted to write this post as a reminder we are only human and not to expect too much of ourselves during this time. In particular I want to focus on our teenaged children, and how all this change and upheaval has affected their mental health. Two months ago they'd only heard of one kind of Corona and now here it ..read more

More fun, free ideas for your kiddos So what's been happening folks? Been anywhere nice lately? (sorry bad joke!) It's getting a bit tedious trying to keep the children occupied at home but we've (un)luckily been busy with their schoolwork most of the week. My high schoolers are on zoom meetings now some of the time as well as my husband and I teaching pretty much all day. So a fun activity has been to send the littles off on a little hunt around the house... it keeps them occupied and the game can literally carry on for ages. I was on a facebook group where this lists were shared so i'm shari ..read more

It's been a while since I had time to blog so I'm hoping to complete a mini-series for homeschooling to help support you. I have had many questions over the past few months about how to set a routine for the children or do things while you live in a joint family system (where the nuclear family lives with the parents and siblings of the father.)  I will preface this by saying many people have deep rooted opinions about whether they could/couldn't/should/shouldn't live with extended family however this article will not be discussing any of those issues.  One of the main bene ..read more

A lot of homeschoolers are in this position and it feels really hard because they have to balance the needs of a newborn (who - let's face it - are high maintenance!) with one, two or even three other children that usually need a lot of attention too.  Most people in your life will insist that sending your older ones to school will make life easier for you... however this isn't exactly true; Home school with a newborn is waaay easier than sending the older kids school as you don’t have the school schedule, pick ups/drop offs, lunches to make, things to remember for art, dress up days, whe ..read more

Hi i'm answering a few FAQ's today  Anyone can homeschool and i'll tell you how!  Where do I start? How long per day do they need to do school? How do I know what they need to learn for the year?  Do you have to keep samples of their work? What does it mean to homeschool?  How do you know they “pass” to the next grade? Are there no tests? Are there no actual grades like traditional schooling?    ..read more

The Autumn term is in full swing now and everyone is back to school, some of us are relaxed at home teaching our own children and some are confused and anxioius about distancing rules, the use of masks and students who need to be in front of screens for a long time. Maybe you're looking for a way to homeschool and are confused by all the options out there, you need a guide? A helping hand? Let us alleviate all your troubles and worries and help you through this confusing time Our teachers are fully qualifed, highly experienced and thoroughly vetted.  We will help you find y ..read more

Home educators often try to replicate school at home when they begin homeschooling. At school there are lots of students and not a lot of one-one contact time between teacher and student. As homeschoolers we have the advantage of one on one tuition all the time so naturally our children will need less time per day.  Instead of giving them workbooks or busy work let them play and discover and investigate. Even baking cupcakes can become a science experiment by dividing the batter into three,  add more or less baking powder and then see what happens to each set of cupcakes.  This ..read more

I've thought about this a lot in the past week and I'm hearing that many of my fellow teachers have too. I'm sure that most of us enjoy the weekends by going out, socialising with other people, visiting fun places and having wide open beaches and parks to enjoy especially in the current beautiful spell of weather we're having. Myself, I enjoy going for treatments at the salon it gives me an hour or so to myself in the generally quiet atmosphere of the salon while being pampered in some way; mani, pedi, blow dry, massage being in my top 4 choices so we decided to have a spa day at home today. S ..read more