Not Back to School {HSMJ}

In my life this week…
This week has been busy and fruitful here.  On Friday we enjoyed the annual tradition of the Not Back to School Party along with 350 other home educators.

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

• Win a full year of Sonlight Curriculum for you AND a friend in the MOM to MOM Curriculum Giveaway.
• Read more about Science at Home {Poppins Book Nook}  
• This week you can read more about Fine Arts {Art Appreciation, Art, Composer Study Hymn Study} for 2015
• Are you looking for some art or craft ideas to do with your children ?  Have you seen the wonderful ideas to be found in this weeks Virtual Fridge collection ? If you have any craft or art ideas please come and add them to the link up
• Are you an Australian Homeschcooler with a blog ?  If so did you know that there is a Facebook group for Australian Homeschool Bloggers ?  If you would like to know more then fill in this form:  Australian Homeschool Bloggers Group

In our home school this week…

• Nathaniel and Paul have started reading Jungle Doctor On the Hop by Paul White.
• We started reading the original works of Hans Christian Anderson in the Companion Library.
• Enjoyed the Not Back to School Party at he Geelong Adventure Park.

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

• We enjoyed the company of a homeschool friend for a day while his Mom went to a special ballet presentation.
• The Not Back to School party at the Geelong Adventure Park along with 350+ other home educators. 

 Things I’m working on…

• Not Back to School Blog Party in which I introduce Nathaniel to you.  If you blog I would love to meet your family.  Please come and link up with us.  
• I'm really enjoying Motivate Your Child.  I'm learning how to train INTERNAL motivation and to recognise when I'm using behaviour modification.
• You can meet the rest of my family here and see what they're doing this year.

 On the WWW I’m reading…

• A Journey through Charlotte Masons Principles
• I'm blog hopping and meeting other Sonlight Homeschool Families at the Sonlight January Blog Party.
• Suspended and sent for 'equality training' - Christian magistrate who said: 'Adopted child needs mum and dad - not gay parents'
• This was so cute Surprise Baby Announcement
• When Bread Bags Weren't Funny

 I’m cooking…

• I want to give this a try when it warms up later this week PB&J Milkshake
• This is seriously good to eat and super easy to make Keto Chocolate Roll Cake
  

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

Pixel Stick painting at The Powehouse in Geelong

Blessings
Chareen

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Join Lisa and I each week and share your week in review.  We look forward to reading about your

• Week in Review
• Field Trips
• School Work 
• Homeschool projects
• And anything homeschool related.

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Not Back to School Party Time

We had loads of fun at the annual Not Back to School Party yesterday.  We spent the day at the Geelong Adventure Park along with 350+ other home educators. 

This week also marks the beginning of the Australian school year and Kylie from over at Our Worldwide Classroom's annual Not Back to School online party. 

This year I will be co-hosting the with Kylie so please be sure to pop on over and say hello.  Kylie's blog is choc full of homeschooling goodness with FREE printables,  Australian Study information and much much more.

Nathaniel

Meet Nathaniel he is my youngest child and the only one enrolled in our homeschool.

• He is nine years old and loves to deconstruct items that no longer work and are about to be recycled.  
• Nathaniel is passionate about all things in the film industry but his first love is airplanes.
• He is currently designing a Jumbo-class plane and E4D (this is an improved home theater system). 
• He loves to develop products and is also developing the Solifuge (a new type of vehicle).  
• He is my test drive homeschool products and helps me to review home school products

You can read more about my family (Paul, Tim and Jane)  and what they are doing in my Meet My Family post from earlier in the week.

Best way to start a new school year!

We have three more weeks of the NBTS blog hop.  Next weeks topic will be Your Curriculum, plans for the year and resources.

If you have a blog and have blogged about your family please add your link here. Here is a button for you to add to your post so others can find us.

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If you do not have a blog then I'd love to know more about your family please share in the comments below.

Blessings

Chareen

Winter Glove Puppets {Virtual Fridge}

This Week

This was such an easy craft to do and I'm really pleased we did it.

All you need is a glove, pompoms,wiggly eyes and some fast drying craft glue.

Featured This Week

Crawling Colors! A FUN Science Experiment in Color Mixing over at Parenting Chaos.  This is an excellent step by step tutorial that is super easy to do and can be accomplished with what you have at home.

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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