We had a good month of home schooling back on the Gold Coast before we came to the outback. We had a routine of school work in the morning and fun in the afternoon.  That routine has sky rocketed way out of the universe since we came out here.  The environment is different, every shed is different.  There is so much for the kids to explore and heaps of cousins to play with.  There is no consistency what so ever to get a school routine going.  For the first few weeks I figured the environment was so different it was an education in itself.  But we’ve been trying a little harder to get some school work done here at Waka.  We had our own little class room set up in our tent.

Marama is dyslexic and the one on one time works well for her (when we can get it).  She’s doing pretty good with her work.  Tama was in prep last year (first year of school) and didn’t learn much.  Since I’ve been home schooling him, I see why.  He seems to have some of the issues Marama had.  Blending letters together to make words just don’t seem to make sense to him, so instead of focusing on his work he’ll goof around.  So of course with all the adventurous things to do around here it’s been a battle to get him to focus.  We will keep persevering however.

Art is always a winner subject for the kids…oh accept for Tama

Art with Aunty Renarda is even better!

 

The kids are really getting to use their imaginations.  This is Manahi’s outback kinder surprise.  An egg shell with a treasure (rock) inside.  He thought it was so cool!