Diary of an Aussie Homeschool Mum

Hey Everyone, This year is already flying by with Easter now in the rearview mirror! We had an insane start to the year with family staying with us, homeschooling, my son starting Grade 11 at school and my daughter who has a disabililty starting her school leavers program. It is starting to settle down now with everyone in their routines, though we have added two nights of gymnastics to Miss B's schedule starting in Term 2. We have adjusted expectations and curriculum from last year as Miss B is able to do more sports and following her interests more.  We were going through the IXL curriculum for maths as it was helpful last year, however this year, she decided that she needed more express instruction in the lessons. Which is where Maths Online comes in. The lessons include video instruction, a sheet of example questions they go through in the video, a worksheet and an answer sheet. They also have the option for answering questions all online, however this format did not work well ...

  Hey Everyone! So this is a first for us, having a homeschool routine actually written down with times. Typically, we just go with the flow and get started when Miss Ma'am wakes up. However, when we were planning out what she was going to do for Term 3, she asked for a routine with times. When planning this little routine, we had to make sure to factor in many breaks. So we decided to go with more of a block type schedule. Our morning block begins at 8am. This is to promote some independence as we still have two other children to take to other schools. So she is able to get started on her learning while I am doing the school drop offs. The read aloud is always last so that I can do that with her when I get back. I choose our read aloud books from the library and they need to be something to do with what we are learning about.   Last term we were studying the human body and some of the systems so we read a book about Florence Nightingale. I also want to introduce some Shakespe...