Now into our fourth year of homeschooling I am amazed at how much our life has changed since we pulled our two daughters from school at the beginning of 2019. Since then we have moved house twice, tried lots of different styles of homeschooling from classical to unschooling, homeschooled while traveling and homeschooled while owning and running a business fulltime. The thought of homeschooling your children can be one of the most overwhelming things that you come across in yo

Lately I have met many other parents who have mentioned that they have been considering home-schooling for one reason or another. 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 (that number has vastly increased since COVID). You can read more about that on SBS. People choose to home-school for a variety of reasons with the main reasons including religious belief

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

Since I've become 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 (plus running the family business). 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. Here at home we have had a lot of fun le

Homeschooling can be daunting.... especially for those of you who find yourselves as reluctant homeschoolers... Looking back I can see what a journey I've come on since going from a mum with kids at school to a homeschool parent. And boy, has it been a journey! So if you have found yourself homeschooling either by plan, by accident or are just considering the challenge, let me share with you what my homeschool beginning looked like plus share some tips and tricks that will he