Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
Contrary to popular belief, homeschoolers are NOT exempt from PSLE. In fact, it is one of the MAIN criteria we have to fulfil if we want to homeschool, amongst increasingly numerous criteria these days. And as homeschoolers, we cannot just pass PSLE like public-schooled children. Here’s a compilation of 8 posts on all things PSLE I have written to encourage you as you prepare for it. Read more…
Why do so many people fail at their New Year resolutions? It is because the steps required to achieve their goals is unsustainable in the long run. In other words, they couldn’t keep up with the changes. They are over-ambitious and set up overly big goals that require too many changes to happen to get there. I say, “slow, small, and steady steps wins the race.” Read more…. Read more…
After going through PSLE* with 5 very different children, with different strengths and weaknesses, many have asked me how *I* did it. Well, for starters, *I* did not do it. As one child petulantly exclaimed many years back when she heard that I had been asked to speak at a PSLE sharing session to help other homeschool […] Read more…
PSLE Round 5. Here we go again, and I am not even close to being done with PSLE! In today’s post, I share how we prepare for the oral exams and then get the children ready for PSLE with our own homeschool prelims. The prelims are more for familiarising the children with exam etiquette more than anything else. Read more…
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…
I have been listening to podcasts and browsing various functional medicine websites to learn more about how we can battle our health issues more effectively. And it is interesting how they all conclude with the same thing : eat real food ditch the processed foods cut out refined sugars and avoid artificial sweeteners like the […] Read more…
God speaks in various ways and at various times. Always, when I am seeking Him (yes, even when He is silent, He is “speaking” to me) but also when I am not. And today, He spoke while I was spacing out in the shower after a very long 5-day stretch of waking up at 6am and […] Read more…
PSLE Round 3. While academics isn’t everything, it is important to our family. I ain’t no tiger mom but if you can get 100 in an exam and scored only 80 then you have done yourself a disservice. You have wasted your potential. But if your best is a 60 and you got 55, that’s a fantastic job! So that’s where I am coming from. Do your best. Read more…
PSLE again! Just because David did well, everyone assumes Sarah will too. But every child is different. Every child has different interests, bent, personalities, quirks, etc. And just because they have the same teacher (me) it is no guarantee that all of them will have similar results. Every year presents different family dynamics and circumstances. Read more…
My motto for our homeschooling journey has always been, “Slow and steady wins the race”. Work done consistently and regularly is better than huge chunks of work done sporadically. This is also why we do not follow the public school’s calendar, preferring to school all year round with a 6 weeks on and 1 week off schedule. Read more…