Are you in your first year of homeschooling? Are you approaching that milestone or perhaps you have just passed it? Sometimes the 'honeymoon' period of homeschooling during the first year can lead to a bit of a slump at a time when you had expected to be celebrating your one year anniversary more triumphantly. But don't despair - you are not alone! Remember that it's not just your children who are on a learning journey, but you are too. In today's episode, I will give you some pointers to help you get past the hump or a plateau in your homeschooling that can happen at any time - not just the first year mark. Join me, I'm so glad to have you along.

Resources:

Australian and New Zealand Homeschool Summit

Fearless Homeschool Membership

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Today I want to encourage you to get out into your garden, even if it's a small window box, and grow something. Sometimes we believe we don't have green fingers, or taming the weeds in the garden is just a mountain too high, but if we can lay aside our assumptions or unrealistic expectations of a perfect garden, we can achieve some wonderful learning and provide for our family in a few minutes this week. Join me for some inspiration and ideas to keep it simple and check out the link below for some great garden gurus who will teach you much, if you want to take it further. Gardening provides heaps of learning for our children and can save our sanity too with fresh air and sunshine to bring a fresh sense of fun to our practice of homeschooling.

Resources:

• https://charlesdowding.co.uk/

• (Also, check out his youtube channel)

• And a lovely New Zealand gardener: https://sarahthegardener.co.nz/

This is a frequently asked question and it is undergirded by fear. Fear of failure comes from a variety of roots but be assured, choosing to homeschool instead of sending your children to school is not going to fail them. Not academically, socially or practically. As homeschooling parents you are best equipped to lead your children with everything they need, into fullness of life. Join me to be encouraged and to lay aside those fears so that you can focus on the positives and grow meaningful relationships with your children that lead to engaged learners, and confident, capable adults.

Resources:

How Children Fail by John Holt

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Growing Without Schooling magazine, no. 40 (1984) https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Holt