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OUTING: Green Point Park with Cape Explorers
Another awesome Cape Explorers outing was enjoyed today. This time we visited the Green Point Park and its beautiful biodiversity garden. We’ve visited there plenty of times before and even had...
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Hearts, hearts and more hearts
Warning! If you’re a “Bah Humbug to Valentine’s Day” kind of person, this post will be nauseatingly heart-y. Proceed with caution or switch tabs now! As you may know from previous posts about the...
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publishing self-promotion
Last year, I wrote a children’s book. It was a future-dream-come-present experience and, in some ways, took me totally by surprise. I never expected to actually finish a novel – at this stage of my...
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Onrus midterm holiday…
It was a perfect recipe. My folks’ holiday rental was for once not rented out and they offered us time out one weekend. It happened that the weekend they offered was perfect. You see, Craig has just...
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Gone to print!
After three months in the publishing works, Seekers of the Lost Boy has gone to print! Wow! What an experience this has been. I’ve learned more obscure little details about grammar than I ever...
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A Seekers Giveaway!
While the official launch is happening in May, there are copies of Seekers of the Lost Boy already out there! And there happens to be a free signed copy ready to go to a lucky winner of this...
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Seekers arrives!
While Seekers of the Lost Boy is only now officially released, April 15th was the date that I got to hold the first copy. Surreal barely begins to describe the feeling. When the story of Seekers...
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Serving One Another
This article first appeared in the Cape Home Educators’ quarterly magazine, April 2013 Serving One Another The Organic Community of Homeschooling Families by Taryn Hayes One thing that I deeply love...
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The Vine School
Yesterday we went to school. Now, that’s a pretty ordinary sentence in most households, but in ours it’s most unusual. That’s because we homeschool and have homeschooled since day dot. But,...
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SAfm interview with Nancy Richards
(audio clip embedded at end of article) This part Sunday ended up being quite an eventful one for us. What with it being Father’s Day and Youth Day, it was already a special day. But add in a whole...
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All the fun in June 2013
As with just about every June, the month begins with a bang with Katie’s birthday! Turning 9 was a load of fun. getting her ears pierced was a highlight, as was her Hippy Chick party. The last Cape...
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Sonlight Giveaway $25!
It’s getting to that time of year again when us homeschooling parents start thinking about next year. What do we want to do with our kids? What programmes should we try? Curricula? Well, as most of...
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Day 1 in the Eastern Cape
Our much-anticipated holiday arrived early in the hours of Monday, 19th August. We piled into the car at 3:45am and left Cape Town behind. Here are 4 kids who had just woken up minutes before. First...
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Cape Explorers: The Castle
Here’s a whirlwind tour through our latest Cape Explorers outing. This time to the Castle of the Cape of Good Hope. We’ve learnt quite a bit about the castle thanks to reading Boy of Two Worlds and...
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Of Outings and Field Trips
With the Hip Homeschool Moms doing a spotlight on field trips (or ‘outings’ as we call them here in South Africa) I thought it was a good opportunity to spotlight my beautiful city, Cape Town as...
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Teaming Up
So today is a happy announcement day for me! I’ve long admired the Hip Homeschool Moms community. To be totally honest, however, it took me a little while to really look into the group because I...
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Let’s get Lost in India!
A few weeks back, our curriculum provider, Sonlight, sent out an intriguing email about getting involved in raising support for children in India. Every year, Sonlight creates an opportunity for...
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Of Outings and Field Trips
With the Hip Homeschool Moms doing a spotlight on field trips (or ‘outings’ as we call them here in South Africa) I thought it was a good opportunity to spotlight my beautiful city, Cape Town as...
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September Surprises
Celebrating birthdays continued this September – first with a family braai at the Hayes seniors to celebrate Kiera’s birthday. She insisted on cinnamon buns for her bday – this guys with their...
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A Fun Family New Year’s Eve 2013/14
We seldom do anything particularly exciting for New Year’s Eve. Usually we are in Hermanus having a chilled evening. We generally pray together at some point and then watch the fireworks from the...
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