A homeschooling family fulfilling destiny step by step
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We've opened this page in order to chronicle our homeschooling experiences and maybe help others along the way. The decision to homeschool your kids is not an easy one and there are many and diverse reasons for doing so. Hopefully our experiences can help you decide.
Our family consists of 2 parents and 3 kids aged 16, 10 and 7 at the time of writing. Most of the information we have will be shared via our blog, so click the link below to engage. It is our belief that home schooling your kids is one of the best gifts you could give them! |
US FIVE Travels...
Every journey is an opportunity to teach or learn
We've spent the year in the Province of Mpumalanga and what a fantastic year it was. Having been introduced to the wonderful community of home-schoolers, we were quickly made to feel like family and warmly accepted as part of the home-schooling community. We decided to use our exploration of the area as an opportunity to teach History and Geography in a practical manner. Deborah would research places we could visit and we would share some facts with the kids while on the way to wherever we were heading.
Pictured above was our visit to Mac-Mac Falls and Mac-Mac Pools which is about 13km from the beautiful little town of Sabie (also a must-see). Mac-Mac Falls has a 70m drop down to the gorge below and is a wonderful site. A short drive further upstream is the Mac-Mac Pools which are naturally formed rock pools which are cool all year round and make for a refreshing swim in the sweltering Mpumalanga heat. There is also a picnic and braai area for families to enjoy.
"Now a national monument, the waterfall was not always split in two. Gold miners in the area for the gold rush blasted the originally single stream to try and reach the gold-bearing reef over which it drops. Mac Mac tends to revert to one fall during the dry season."- SA VENUE
Pictured above was our visit to Mac-Mac Falls and Mac-Mac Pools which is about 13km from the beautiful little town of Sabie (also a must-see). Mac-Mac Falls has a 70m drop down to the gorge below and is a wonderful site. A short drive further upstream is the Mac-Mac Pools which are naturally formed rock pools which are cool all year round and make for a refreshing swim in the sweltering Mpumalanga heat. There is also a picnic and braai area for families to enjoy.
"Now a national monument, the waterfall was not always split in two. Gold miners in the area for the gold rush blasted the originally single stream to try and reach the gold-bearing reef over which it drops. Mac Mac tends to revert to one fall during the dry season."- SA VENUE
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Sadiola Farm
One of the first of our educational visits when we arrived in the Lowveld was at a wonderful got farm called Sadiola Farm. It was around 20km outside Nelspruit off the N4 towards Malelane. The farm is operated by Hennie and An who met while working together in North Africa. The farm has an array of goat breeds and a fully functional diary where they produce milk, cheese, yogurt and other dairy products from goats milk. https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Food---Beverage-Company/Sadiola-Farm-1150197805058857/ |
Assagay Coffee Farm
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Assagay Coffee Farm
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Assagay Coffee Farm
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Assagay Coffee Farm
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Krantzkloof Nature Reserve
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Krantzkloof Nature Reserve
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Umhlanga Pier
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Sunset in Mauritius
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Sunset in Mauritius
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Beachcomber Victoria
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Waterfront in Port Louis
Fourdoun Estates - Drakensberg
Fourdoun Estates - Drakensberg