If we go back to my first post on homeschooling “What is homeschooling?“, I said that as long as you teach your child at home, you are a homeschooler So you start homeschooling from day 1 of your baby’s life. When he cries and you pick him up, he learns that mummy will take care […] Read more…
WHAT is homeschooling?
Homeschooling seems to be the latest flavour of the month here in Singapore! Many people are expressing interest in a topic that was unheard of just a few years ago. It was usually seen as something the expatriates did. Now, you almost always know of someone who is either homeschooling or knows someone else who […] Read more…
Review, Reflect, Refine
As the Gregorian calendar draws to a close sooner rather than later, it is time to review, reflect and refine the goals and resolutions we set up at the beginning of the year before setting new ones for the new year. How Did We Do? Have we done what we said we’d do this year? […] Read more…
My 3-month Experience at Tung Ling Bible School
The 3 months at Tung Ling Bible School allowed me to lean in into God’s Word and be in community with others also seeking the Lord’s face. Read more…
7 Children, 7 PSLEs, 7 PSLE Benchmarks
In Singapore, homeschooled children need to not only sit for PSLE the year they turn 12 but also clear the benchmark set by the Ministry of Education (MOE). This benchmark is pegged at the 33rd percentile PSLE aggregate score of all students taking four standard-level subjects in the PSLE that year. What this means is […] Read more…
Start With Your Why
Start with your why. Do you know why you are doing what you do? To stay the course, you need to know your WHY. Because all of us will falter along the way. And when we are shaken, discouraged, challenged, put down, we need to be able to go back to our WHY, remember WHY we are doing what we are doing and press on. Not give up. Read more…
A Planner Is A Tool, Not A Magic Wand
While a beautiful planner can motivate you to keep doing what you are doing, remember that it is only a tool to help us in our assignments as mothers. We still have to do the work. It is not a magic wand that we can wave around and voila! meals are cooked, the house is cleaned and homeschool is done. If only! So what kind of planner should we get to help us be more productive? Read more…
Teaching Our Children to Read
Teaching our children to read has been very gratifying. We started out using no curriculum, then used Christ-Centered Curriculum, Explode the Code and the Funnix Reading Programme, supplemented with simple readers. Read more…
Mid-Year Review
June is a great time to do a mid-year review or a stock take of what’s happened so far. Are you on track to fulfilling your assignments from the Lord? And hitting the goals you set up at the beginning of the year? Or do you need to tweak things to get to the end of the year triumphant? Don’t waste the rest of the year rushing around like a headless chicken and accomplishing nothing. Read more…
Freedom Within Structure: Planning Your Homeschool
Is it possible to have freedom within structure in our homeschool? How can we plan in such a way to allow both freedom and structure to co-exist? Actually, should we even bother to try? Aren’t they like oil and water? Read more…