When we started homeschooling in 2004, we really didn’t know what it would look like and where we would end up. I just know that it was something God told us to do. At that point in time, there were few homeschooling families around and definitely no such thing as co-ops. It was hard to […] Read more…
Homeschooling
After Grade 12 then what? Homeschooling the secondary school years and beyond
This year’s PSLE results have been released. For primary school homeschoolers they will have to decide if they will send their child into the school system or not. Many are curious what homeschooling the secondary school years and beyond looks like. Let me share with you our journey thus far. Do remember that we are […] Read more…
Productivity Hacks for Mothers?
Can productivity hacks really work for stay-at-home-mothers? Or are they ore applicable only for working men and women with no childcare responsibilities? And yet, it is mothers who desperately need the productivity hacks! Stay-at-home-moms, work-at-home-moms, work-out-of-home-moms. All mothers, period. But do the productivity hacks offered out there work for us? Time Blocking Read any productivity book, […] Read more…
Be Encouraged – Part 1 (An introduction)
Be Encouraged is the Mother’s Day message I had the privilege and honour of sharing at my home church, Full Gospel Singapore (FGA) on 7th and 8th May 2016. To prevent reading fatigue, I have split it up into 8 parts. I have edited slightly and I have also added some questions at the end for us […] Read more…
Eat That Frog!
So my 9-year-old has also learnt that in order to get her day going smoother, she needs to just Eat That Frog. Eat That Frog, 21 Days to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time is a short and easy read by Brian Tracy who has written other books on sales and productivity. […] Read more…
Off-peak Season Fun
One of the biggest perks of homeschooling is the ability to go on vacations or visit local attractions during off-peak seasons.This is extremely helpful when we travel as a group of 9 out of Singapore! Locally, there are there fewer crowds, and if we travel overseas, it is cheaper too! Read more…
Just a mother (and proud to be one) Part 2
In the poem by William Ross Wallace, he writes that the hand that rocks the cradle, is the hand that rules the world. Mothers may not be considered important to the world because we do not bring in any money. But, without mothers who mother wholeheartedly, society will fall apart. Be proud to be a mother. Read more…
Homeschool Curriculum Fair 2016
Sorry that this post is only coming out today. I thought the Homeschool Curriculum Fair was next week! It isn’t. It is tomorrow, Wednesday, 6th April 2016!!! Please do visit this Facebook LINK to sign up if you are attending so that the organisers can get a feel for the numbers involved. And for more details. […] Read more…
What does our daily homeschool day look like?
One reader wrote to me to ask about out daily homeschool routine, sometime back in February. However, when I tried to reply to his email, it bounced back. Maybe he had keyed in his email address wrongly. So I thought I would just post this up on the blog in case he was really looking for […] Read more…
Book Binding and Calligraphy Workshop at NLB
You could call it serendipity. Ever since I have made a deliberate attempt to stop mindlessly surfing Facebook, I have missed out many posts and status updates by friends and people I follow. But some three weeks ago, I chanced upon my friend, Pat, posting about several workshops Temasek Polytechnic was planning to run in […] Read more…