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A Tale of the Australian Bush
Welcome to day one of the Homeschool Review Crew 5 Days of Homeschool Blog Hop 2018. As an imigrant and lover of the Charlotte Mason approach of using living books to teach I have been searching for...
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Jackie French - Australia Historical Fiction
Jackie French is one of those authors synonomous with Australian children's literature. Her writing career started by accident and I'm so pleased that she did pick up her pen to write.Jackie has...
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ANZAC Books
Today is ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Cor) day in Australia. It's a natioanl day of remembrance in Austrlai and New Zealand that commemorates all Australians and New Zeealnaders who served and...
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The Dig Tree: The Story of Burke and Wills
It took nearly 200 years to map the circumference of Australia and discovering the interior became a race between the states. It had already been 72 years since the first colonists had arrived and yet...
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5 Australian Children's Books
I was browsing my bookshelves and realised that I have so many more books to share (two bookshelves worth to be precise) and I'm down to my last day of books. So today I thought I would share some...
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Classical Christian Education & Charlotte Mason In-depth Guide for FREE
I am super excited to share a new FREE resource I heard about today. The Old Schoolhouse has compiled a brand new FREE guide for Classical and Charlotte Mason Home Educators.This beautiful full colour...
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Mother's Day Thoughts
Did you know that the history of Mother's Day goes back as far as the Ancient Greeks and Romans? Mother's Day in it's present form began in 1908 in the United States. The History website has some...
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Australian Nature Study Guide Volume 1 Review
Ever since I read Karen Andreola's A Charlotte Mason Companion (Chapter 33 Nature Study, Chapter 34 - Nature for City Children and Chapter 35 - Neighbourhood Nature Study) I have had a love affair with...
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Homemade Cup Coasters {Virtual Fridge}
This WeekThese cup coasters were super easy to make. Nathaniel used 3 mm square cork flats sheets. Used a magazine to find graphics that he wanted to use which he cut out to fit the square tiles. We...
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Crystal Snow Flake {Tutorial}
A few years ago my son and I tried to grow crystals at home with a science kit. While this was a fun activity it was a very long drawn out process. Recently on my travels on Pinterest I discovered a...
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To My Parents ... a painting of love {Virtual Fridge}
This WeekCan you believe it's June already? Just Wow almost half way through 2018. This week as I was filing all the papers that I seem to collect in my office space I discovered a precious keepsake...
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5 Days of Encouragement Homeschool Review Crew Blog Hop
I'm looking forward to next week as I'll be joining the Homeschool Review Crew Annual Back to Homeschool Blog Hop. This year the team are hoping to bring you 5 days of encouragement, hope and...
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How to Pursue an Understanding of a Charlotte Mason Education {Day 1 -...
I've been wondering what I could possibly write about today that hasn't been already covered somewhere on this blog and realised that I've been home educating for 20 years. That's two decades. I was...
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How does Charlotte Mason Define Twaddle? {Take a Look Tuesday}
Welcome to Take a Look Tuesday. I rather like the sound of that and think I may just change Tuesday's Treasures to Take a Look Tuesday. Books are my passion and if you ever drop on in for a cup of...
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Guest Posting at the Crew Blog {Work it in Wednesday}
There are three questions I have been repeatedly asked as I've walked the journey of home education and they are:What about socialisation?How can you teach and do it all?Is it leagal to home...
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Benefits of Home Education {Day 4 Thankful Thursday}
As I was considering what to share with you today I began to realise that as a family we have benefited from this journey far more than we actually realise. Today the Homeschool Review Crew Blog Hop...
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Books on the Charlotte Mason Method {Day 5 Friday Favorites}
Welcome to day 5 of the Homeschool Review Crew Homeschool Encouragement blog hop. Today the Crew will be sharing their Favourite Homeschool items. I am a paper girl at heart and as such love to be...
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GrammarPlanet {Review}
I am super excited to share my new favourite home schooling product. Nathaniel and I have been working our way through GrammarPlanet and are finally beginning to understand how to parse sentences...
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Learning Latin with Picta Dicta by Roman Roads Media {Review}
Ever since we began home educating the idea of learning Latin has been simmering in my mind and over the years we have attempted a few different programs. Latin is foundational to many aspects of the...
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Rescue Me! {The Captain Sun Adventures Review}
Nathaniel has been pursuing superheroes this year. We have watched most of the DC and Marvel series movies and are looking forward to new releases coming soon. I didn't think I could enjoy superhero...
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