Homeschooling, worldschooling and unschooling are all progressive forms of education, gaining popularity in the modern world. Unschooling and worldschooling are types of homeschooling, also known as home education. Other forms of education outside school also exist, for instance, wildschooling, lifeschooling, and farm schooling. In this post we break down homeschooling, worldschooling, unschooling, online schooling, wildschooling […]
Fun Homeschool Science Resources
All of the fun homeschool science resources on this page have been tried and tested by real homeschoolers, they have been given the thumbs up from me and the kids. As a professional scientist, these homeschool science resources, books, toys, and games all have real value in helping your child learn and understand science. I’m not talking […]
Aboriginal Culture and History. Djabugay or Tjapukai People
The Djabugay or Tjapukai people are an Australian Aboriginal rainforest tribe from the wet tropics of northern Australia. The Djabugay people have names from the Djabugay language and transmit their tribal cultures from generation to generation. The Djabugay language was spoken in the Cairns, Port Douglas, Mareeba, Kuranda and Atherton areas, with regional dialects between local […]
Educational Movies and TV Shows For Homeschoolers
Educational movies and TV shows for homeschoolers, or for anyone else, are an awesome way to get the kids learning without them even realising they’re doing “school”. I call it stealth learning and I’m a bit of a stealth learning ninja. One of the things I love about educational movies and TV shows is their […]
Making Homemade Snow
We’ve been making homemade snow. I had a moment of self doubt the other day, would my boys be troubled, therapy requiring, adults because I’ve never made them homemade playdough? I did what I usually do and put the question to the online homeschool community, most of the mums voted with a yes. OK, so […]
Homeschool Geography
My home is stuffed with homeschool geography resources, we travel a lot, so we have books, photo albums, memorabilia and trinkets from every corner of the globe. The children have grown up immersed in talk of Asia and South America, there is an illustrated map of Tibet on the wall and they know all about […]
Wax Resist Painting Technique
We learnt a new technique at homeschool group this morning. The people at Cairns Regional Art Gallery let our group have a go at the wax resist painting technique as part of our gallery tour. It’s always good to try out new methods of expressing yourself and creating beautiful things. How to Experiment with Wax […]
Cattana Wetlands Cairns. Cairns Homeschool Group
This week Cairns Homeschool Group’s outing to The Cattana Wetlands taught us all a lot about wetland habitats, native flora, it’s uses and the amount of work involved in reclaiming these former sand mine sites as a natural reserve. We had a passionate and knowledgeable guide who freely gave up her time to teach us […]
Monopoly as a Homeschool Resource
Some homeschool days nobody feels like doing much, do they? Kids dig their heels in, Mum gets frazzled, a battle of wills develops. This is when to persuade the children that a family board game such as Monopoly would be a really good plan. They will have no idea that they are being educated as […]
How Do Homeschooled Kids Sit Exams?
Firstly I’d like to say that exams are mostly not compulsory nor really necessary, there are many ways to do life and the regular school system is just one of them. Should the child (or parent) feel they need paper qualifications similar to regular school leavers, there are ways. So how do homeschooled kids sit […]
Photography Courses for Kids and Beginners, Learning About Photography
Photography is a wonderful thing for your kids to learn, all kids, not just homeschoolers. Photography courses can get you started quickly on your road to mastering the art and science of photography, as a hobby, as a job skill or as a business tool. In this post we look at free photography course, other […]
Myths About Homeschooling
There are myths about education that necessarily become myths about homeschooling because they are closely related. We’ll debunk the following myths about homeschooling in this post The Biggest Myths About Homeschooling Most myths and misconceptions about homeschooling come from a lack of understanding of what homeschooling is and what it is not. Homeschooling is simply […]
Minecraft Homeschool Review
Love it or hate it, Minecraft is part of most of our lives these days. I bought a Minecraft account for my elder son when he was just 7 and he’s been hooked ever since, my younger son followed at 6. At times I’ve regretted it, sure, I’ve ranted about the amount of time they want […]
Where To Learn To Code?
Coding is key in making money in various ways. Coding is not difficult to learn. Coding is not taught enough in schools. But where to learn to code? You can teach yourself to code easily using free resources and courses. The key with coding is practice and exposure. I taught myself one coding language over […]
Free Courses for Homeschoolers
For days now I’ve had a post about free photography courses and resources for homescholers almost ready to publish, but technical glitches are sadly keeping that one in draft mode. It’s been a bad week on my websites, the homeschooling one and all the others, so I thought today I’d tell you about the marine […]
Teaching Kids About Islam
Teaching children about all world religions is the key to understanding the world, its history and the way things are today. These days the media presents us with a very warped image of Islam and there are far too many misunderstandings and prejudices stemming from ignorance. If we all took the time to learn a […]
Cairns Regional Art Gallery. Cairns Homeschool Group Outing.
The Cairns Homeschool Group enjoyed a guided tour of some of the exhibits at Cairns Regional Art Gallery last week. We had one of our best turn outs of the year, obviously art is popular with parents and children. Admission for a tour was $5/child, adults were free, the admission fee included a hands on […]
Homeschool Resources
This page is the hub of our website for finding homeschool resources. We have posts on this site detailing homeschool science resources, geography resources and so on. Below we also give you some useful links to online learning resources, curriculum, supplies, and books. If you can’t find the resource or topic you need below, do […]
Kitchen Science. Fun Science Ideas at Home!
Most of us have a kitchen of some sort, right? Well, you can use your kitchen to teach your kids science every day. I don’t mean lecturing them, making notes and doing experiments that have to be written up. Just talk to them, constantly, about what is going on right in front of them, all […]
School is the Worst Place to Get an Education
Deep thought is something I suffer from, often the 3 am lying awake variety. This morning’s episode brought me to an idea that I felt big enough to share. I apologise if somebody, somewhere has said this same thing before with figures, statistics and research. It’s new to me, and I hope to you. My […]
Homeschool Science
Homeschool Science Some potential homeschoolers are put off before they even start by the idea that you can’t teach science in a homeschool environment, without a school laboratory. This is yet another of those silly myths about homeschooling. You can teach science at home, it’s not so hard. My homeschooled kids went on to sit […]
