Our Homeschool Room

My kids and I just arrived in the city yesterday. Hubby fetched us from the airport and there were actually 2 things that awaited the kids at home, four newly born rabbit kits and a surprise gift. Of course, they’ve been looking forward to hold the kits and they were so happy to finally see them. The other surprise waiting for them was the kid sized guitar that Hubby has brought all the way from Cebu! Oh, the kids were ecstatic and buying and bringing it all the way from Cebu was really worth it because it was cheap. I don’t know though if buying Godin Guitars at musicians friend could have been a better choice but my kids don’t know anything much about guitars yet so, it really doesn’t matter.

My daughter just had her eyes checked a few weeks ago and I was saddened by the fact that her lens power was increased by a 100%. I think she has really just been doing too much reading ( sometimes without proper lighting) for the past months. I always remind her to take care of her eyes and only read with proper lighting but sometimes these reminders fall into deaf ears. She just loves to read and I even noticed that her reading speed has increased as much as her lens have. Anyways, it’s a blessing thought that we got eyeglasses specials sale during the time we bought her new glasses because if not, we could have paid even more.

I hope though that there is still a chance for my daughter’s eye problem to ease.

We are still here in the Philippines. We’ve been here for almost a month now. I intentionally didn’t do any homeschooling in December. But I originally planned to homeschool a bit this month while we’re still here. I didn’t bring our homeschool books but I was informally homeschooling the kids. For my daughter, we do spelling, creative writing and Science ( through Usborn quicklinks). For my son, I use a few books from our preschool here. Though we’re not homeschooling full time , but at least my kids are still learning a few things during our mini ‘vacation’ here. But I do promise to get back in full gear once we return home in Thailand.

We’ve heard a lot of good things about Dahilayan Nature park, I even envied all the photos I saw posted by my friends in Facebook. And finally, our family were able to visit the place last week. Oh, we had great fun! It was a trip for the kids, so I intentionally didn’t do the zipline but just let the kids ride the horses and play at the playground.

I love the cool weather there. It wasn’t really so cold where we would need our north face fleece jackets , but the weather was a great change from the city. It was even a bonus that it drizzled in the afternoon which made the place cooler. I wonder how it is like to stay there overnight. Maybe next time we should plan for an overnight trip. Would love to experience the early mornings at the mountain.

Anyways, here are a few of the pics of my kids and their cousins having fun!

For school age children, the thought of the house as the school, a place to sleep, a place to eat and to live might be a nightmare. Others might find it boring and uninteresting. But for my kids, it’s their haven. Of course, they feel ecstatic when its time to go outdoors but one can never find them bored inside the house. What do they do when their not homeschooling?

They read, draw, write, play, build, imagine, pretend to be knights and princesses, tell stories and of course mess up the house! LOL! A few nights ago, this is what they came up with:

I forgot what they were supposed to be, but I just can’t help but laugh when I saw their costumes.