Australian Homeschool Bloggers

Calling all my Austalian Homeschool Blogger friends.  Have you heard about the Australian Homeschool Bloggers Group ?  This is a new group for bloggers supporting and encouraging each other via a group on Facebook.  We would love for you to join us.

1. Do you have a home schooling blog?
2. Are you wanting to connect, share, encourage and collaborate with other Australian Home School Bloggers? This group is for you.
3. Your blog must reflect at least 80% home schooling, lessons, ideas, excursions etc.
4. Your blog must be at least 3 months old and have consistent updates.
5. We are seeking bloggers that love to blog, love to share, inspire and connect with the Australian Home Schooling community and bloggers that have a keen interest in growing their blogs and the Australian Blogging Community.

How To Join? 
Please send a message to Admin with your blog details.

If you would like to join my Australian Blog Friends page and be featured please leave a comment with your blog address for me on the page.

Looking forward to meeting fellow Aussie Homeschool bloggers
Blessings
Chareen

HSMJ - I need more sleep

In my life this week…

Why is it that when people are angry with one another that they take to defamation ?  I've seen this happen to someone special this week and then was reminded of the scripture in Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.

I have resumed my photography course! I was feeling a little despondent with it all and a friend recently encouraged me to take it up again.  What do you think ?

In our home school this week…

• We are enjoying Season 2 of The Brinkman Adventures
• Started a new geography book by Ann Voskamp.  So far we are both enjoying it.
• Plugging away at spelling and history
• Resumed recorder class after our time away.
• Completed Studying God's Word Book C.

  

  A look at our last two weeks via Instagram @chareenr

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

• Falling off the Charlotte Mason Wagon over at Jimmie's Collage. Four signs that will tell you you have fallen off the Charlotte Mason Wagon. 
• I am absolutely shocked to read this post but feel that it is in your interest to be careful that this book does NOT come home with you from the library  ALERT: Is this in YOUR child's library at school? {"Stuck in the Middle" by Ariel Schrag}
• 428th edition of  Carnival of Homeschooling
• How to Use the Flipbooks  over at the Paper Maid
• Fraction Addition Made Easy: Clocks! over at Love 2 Learn 2 Day.
• FREE! Sea Creatures Printable set over at Homeschool Encouragement.
• Watch as 1000 years of European borders change 
• Cool Math Games 
• Do you have children that enjoy building with LEGO ?  Nikki has a fortnightly challenge for older and younger students. 
• Carnival of Homeschooling- Still Winter Edition  over at Golden Grasses
• Educating with Minecraft 
• Finishing Strong Linkup for Homeschooling Middle School 

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

• Some time at a park with families for a play date.  I have been trying to get to this park for six years.  I am so pleased that I finally made it there
• We went to the park at Buckingham Reserve the childrend had a lot of fun. 
• Tennis lessons on Thursday
• Play dates with friends.

My favourite thing this week was…

• 7 Things You Really Need When You’re Overwhelmed and Can’t Keep Up

Things I’m working on…

• Tuesdays Treasures - The Wheel on the School
  
  
• Second Language Program Review - Mango Languages 
• Cartoon drawing with Sir N - Turbo
• Beauty Captured a Wordless Wednesday link up
• Help this little persons dream of loads of birthday cards come true.  

In Bloggy world I’m reading…

• You have a voice.  "One voice can make a difference, one voice can change the world, one voice can make it better ..."
• Image of Baby’s Hands Touching His Fingers Highlights Dad’s Moving Letter to Miscarried Son
• An Injured Dolphin Approached this Diver for Help. If your children like dolphins this is cute to watch :)
• Weekend at Corinella over at Dingo Den's Travels.
• A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami 
• 9 Things We Should Get Rid of to Help Our Kids 
• Computers are not the devil 
• Thanks, Pharma. You created the “anti-vaccine movement”  very interesting article.
• It Seems Like A Random Guy Just Walking Around Aimlessly. But When See Him From Above… 
• Kid friendly Green Smoothie Recipe 

I’m cooking…

• I really want to try out these Zucchini Oven Chips

On Pinterest I found...

• Suzie has started a new collaborative board called Aussie Homeschool Adventures

I’m grateful for…

• Those who study and share their wisdom and insight in 5 min talks.  I've enjoyed these ones on sleep this week
  How to succeed? Get more sleep by Arianna Huffington. "shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness -- and smarter decision-making. "She
  Why do we sleep? by Russell Foster. "He is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages -- and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health."

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

“Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.”
~Walter Savage Landor

Blessings

Chareen

Photo collages made with: Photoscape a FREE photo editor

Turbo {Virtual Fridge}

This Week
Back and ready to go after our holiday last week.  A few weeks ago I shared how we discovered  The Lorax has a step by step drawing tutorial. This week we found that Turbo has one too. 

Today we chose to draw Turbo in his racing outfit.  The step by step instructions were not as detailed as in The Lorax so we had to pause the DVD often but I am very pleased with the results.  What do you think ?

Turbo by Chareen

Turbo by Sir N (8 years old)

Featured This Week

Wow!  This is super creative.  Look at this suit of armour out of duct tape.  Designed made and created by an eight year old!  Be sure to pop over to A Net in Time Schooling and see more detailed photographs of this neat self direct project.  He would love to hear what you think of his armour.

For a full tutorial (including a YouTube clip) pop on over to Kathy's Cluttered Mind and see how to make these DIY Bobble Heads.  So cleaver and effective.

Kennady has done a great job of some Mexican Folk Art - Amate Painting.  Pop on over to Homeschool Coffee Break for a tutorial on how to do this interesting Mexican Art.

Your Turn

I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.

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Blessings
Chareen

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