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Rachel Larkin resides in New Zealand with her husband and their three boys (aged 13 to 10). Rachel worked in the corporate world for ten years as a Chartered Accountant before coming home to homeschool her children. She has a passion for inspiring and encouraging women to partake of all that God has for them.
Category Archives: Home Schooling
Apologia Science – Zoology 1 free notebooking pages
I have some free notebooking pages for Zoology 1 click here to go to the download page Enjoy Rachel
Freebie — Bird Watching Journal—Apologia Zoology 1
We are going to be studying Apologia Zoology 1 next term and I have made up a Bird Watching Journal for my boys. I would love to share it with you!! There is only 4 pages on this PDF file … Continue reading
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Character Training your Kids Part One
The most important education is Character Training. What is the point of having a highly intelligent adult if their personality or character is corrupt or grating on everyone else? It is better to spend the time on gently guiding our … Continue reading
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“The Missing Link” Contest
There is a contest over at Learning at His Feet Blog this week. You can have a chance to win the fiction book called “The Missing Link” is the first of The Truth Seekers Mystery four book series published by … Continue reading
Productive Free Time List
DISCOVERING YOUR CHILD’S PASSION When we pulled our oldest boy out of school, the words “Mum I’m bored†was heard frequently in our home. He had only one year of state schooling and was already infected with the boredom disease. … Continue reading
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My Top Ten Books for the Home School Mum
1. Joyce Meyer Amplified Bible: I LOVE my bible! The Amplified version just opens up the meanings of words to me. I highly recommend it. 2.“Heartfelt Discipline: The gentle art of training and guiding your child” By Clay Clarkson: This … Continue reading
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LAPBOOKING and NOTEBOOKING
The internet has so enriched our home education. There is a vast array of websites that can help us to teach our children. From -blogs that show us how other home educating mums teach their children, to watching videos on … Continue reading
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Interesting websites
Here are two interesting websites that I have in my Morning Coffee (if you have firefox – it is an addon) Daily Grammar It has daily lessons – really nice short lessons to teach the children grammar – great! from … Continue reading
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Just Take A Step
Hi There, I haven’t blogged for quite a while – The Ultimate Homeschool Expo just about wiped me out! There was so much amazing information and freebies to go through not to mention all the audios. I have latched myself … Continue reading
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Do you want to learn how to make money from home?
That is a dream for a lot of stay at home mums isn’t it? To be able to start up a business from home and grow it until it becomes the main source of income and then Daddy can leave … Continue reading
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