I may not have a huge amount of experience with homeschooling just yet, but I am amazed at how much I have learnt this year! The thought of homeschooling your children can be one of the most overwhelming things that you come across in your life as a parent. Thinking back to my schooling years, I feel like I retained nothing, but coming alongside my own children in their learning, I have discovered a renewed passion for learning. Honestly, I now love our days. Gone are the rus

Lately I have met many other parents who have mentioned that they have been considering home-schooling for one reason or another. Believe it or not, home-schooling is steadily on the rise here in Australia and according to estimates, the number of families in NSW alone has risen by approximately 70% since 2014. You can read more about that on SBS. People choose to home-school for a variety of reasons with the main reasons including religious beliefs, bullying, anxiety and the

When I woke on January 1st of this year, I was excited about the goals and plans that I had ahead of me. I was going to launch my very first book, start speaking tours, grow my blogs further, get started on my second book and run a half marathon! And then my daughter approached me with the idea of being schooled at home! I'm sure the surprised look on my face that said "you've got to be kidding me" said it all but apparently my daughter didn't read that far into it.... My ans

Now that I'm a home-school mum I find that my brain has taken on a new level of crazy. Before I had all the normal mum things to think about, whereas now I also have lesson plans and how to keep the kids interested during their daily lessons. I am also dreaming lesson ideas. Yep, I've completely lost it! In Australia, the science curriculum for early primary includes learning about living things (so put away all those printables for vampires and zombies LOL). Here at home we

A few weeks ago I was envisaging my year and what I was planning on accomplishing, when all of a sudden my eldest daughter decided that some drama was needed. Out of the blue she decided that school was from the pit of hell and just refused to go back. Now I'm talking 0 to 100 in panic mode from a child happy to go to school just the week before! Feeling completely caught off guard, I did what every sensible parent would do and I ignored her and sent her to school. (Parent of