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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]