In a few days, God willing, I turn 40. Psst…I share the same birthdate as the late Princess Diana 🙂 And in the past week I have been trying to be reflective inbetween diaper changes and cooking, cleaning and homeschooling the children. It is supposed to be a milestone of sorts, I suppose? But no matter […] Read more…
Schedules AND routines
One of the secrets to my sanity in running a household of 9 and homeschooling the 7 children is having both schedules AND routines in place. Having implemented them have helped to eliminate many day-to-day hassles, I am one who generally prefers to know what lie ahead rather than fly by the seat of my pants. […] Read more…
Tired? What’s that?
As I recently posted on FB, “I wonder if there is a scale to measure tiredness”, I am truly wondering. Everybody says they are tired. When I was single I thought I was tired. Then I got married had to do housework – boy! did that tire me out. And then I had my 1st […] Read more…
2009 Homeschool Curriculum Fair
If you are contemplating homeschooling or are already homeschooling and want to find like-minded people to hang around with 🙂 the Singapore Homeschool Group is holding their annual Homeschool Curriculum Fair again. Details are below : Homeschool Curriculum Fair 2009 DATE: 25 March (Wed) TIME: 2:30-5:00pm VENUE: Pandan Valley’s Lounge (building along the tennis & […] Read more…
How We Use Student of the Word Curriculum in our Homeschool
UPDATE: It is with sadness that I discover that Student of the Word no longer exists. I guess this post should have been posted long ago. There have been so many people writing and asking me about SOW or Student of The Word programme and how we use it in our homeschooling. I have hesitated in […] Read more…
Getting Ready for Baby’s Arrival
Here we go again. As I pass the 36th week of this pregnancy, I am eagerly hoping that the baby won’t be late again! But I am also trying real hard not to hold my breath over it since the last 3 babies came 5 days, 3 days and 6 days past their EDD. In order to […] Read more…
Not passionate enough?
I just realised that I must be the most apathetic person around 🙂 Although I am all for natural birthing, breastfeeding and homeschooling, among other things, I can’t bring myself to push it to others. Don’t get me wrong. If you come to me enthusiastic about any of those topics, I would most certainly share […] Read more…
Homeschool Planning
I do our homeschool planning once a year. It usually includes a trip down to Popular Bookstore at Bras Basah Shopping Complex as it has the widest range of books. Then I slowly divvy up the workbooks over our school calendar and then transfer the plan into each child’s homeschool planner. Read more…
Pre-Natal Depression
While post-natal depression is more commonly heard of and dealt with, apparently pre-natal depression occurs at a higher rate! Just google “pre-natal depression” and you’ll see many articles attesting to this. What exactly is pre-natal depression anyway? And how or what does one do about it? I am no doctor and so I cannot and […] Read more…
Myth #9 : Our homeschooled children are geniuses
After teaching 5 children, 4 of whom can read independently now and mostly above their level, I have come to the conclusion that children learn whether you teach them or not. One way we have helped them to learn is make available to them various resources for them to explore and find an interest in. I have also learnt […] Read more…