Happy Feast Day, St. Therese of Lisieux!
Thank You, Jesus, for this reminder to live out Matthew 6:31-33 in our homeschool!
Thoughts on Homeschooling & An Invitation to the Educating for Life Homeschooling Conference! {Plus a Giveaway, Of Course!}
Whenever people email me or send me inquiring about homeschooling, I always give them a ‘disclaimer’ first before replying to their queries — I am not an ‘expert’ on homeschooling, nor do I claim to be one, even if we have appeared on TV before to talk about homeschooling. 😉
Even if I consider our family to be homeschoolers “since birth” now, after coming to realize it a few years ago, there is still a lot to learn. Every homeschooling day does not look the same in our family. This is actually not what a typical day looks like for us lately.
Also, we are not “hard core”/”purist” homeschoolers — we submit to God’s will and plan for our family, and take things one day at a time, one season at a time, trying to remember the heart of our homeschooling and our top 5 reasons for homeschooling.
Will we homeschool all the way till high school? I don’t know.
Will we enroll in a locally accredited homeschool provider, or remain to be independent homeschoolers? I don’t know (yet — we’re actively discerning this now!).
Are we truly giving our kids the best education that they need and deserve, even if there are days when we are ‘unschoolish’ or even (*gasp*) ‘nonschoolish? I truly hope so.
These are just some of the questions we currently face as homeschooling parents… which is why I am TOTALLY psyched for the upcoming Educating for Life: Homeschooling with Passion, Purpose and Confidence Conference!
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Homeschooling in the Philippines: Where to enroll your child locally
This post is the sixth of 7 posts that I’ll be writing this week, as my response to Jen @ Conversion Diary’s 2nd Epic Blogging Challenge. To God be all the glory!
{Off topic: As I write this, my grandfather is getting weaker and weaker by the minute. He was recently diagnosed with lung cancer so this — coupled with his emphysema — has been causing him great difficulty in breathing. He is already 88 years old, and has lived a full life indeed, but we still hope for a miracle: that God will grant us at least a few more months with him! Please join us in praying for my Lolo! We, of course, surrender to God’s holy will!}
Now, back to ‘regular programming.’
If you are exploring homeschooling and wish to look at the choices you have for local DepEd-accredited providers, this list from HAPI (Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands) — complete with the description of each provider may be of help to you {sorry to copy and paste this from the website but we’re preparing to leave for a “family field trip” now}:
The Master’s Academy (TMA) Homeschool
http://tmahomeschool.org/
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A non-stock, non-profit homeschooling program that is accredited in the Philippines (via the Philippine Department of Education), and in the U.S. (via a partnership with Walkersville Christian Family Schools). It is one of the pilot Home Education Programs (HEP) of the Philippine Department of Education, and currently has students enrolled in 21 different Philippine provinces and 17 different countries.TMA’s goal is to help families start out homeschooling in the best possible way that they can. They connect families to other homeschoolers on a regular basis via a co-op, in which the families meet together on a regular basis for cooperative learning, mutual encouragement, and support. TMA creates opportunities for homeschool kids to demonstrate their talents and gifts and opportunities for families to bless one another by the sharing of experiences with the TMA community and beyond.
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Catholic Filipino Academy
http://www.catholicfilipinoacademy.com
Contact: 725-9999 local 111
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A homeschooling program founded by Bo Sanchez and a team of homeschooling moms. CFA provides a Quick Start Training program to assist families who are homeschooling for the first time. Parent coaches help parents identify the learning style and reading type of the child so as to make homeschooling a better, more fulfilling experience. They help parents build a unique CFA standard lesson plan which maps out the subjects and activities for the school year. Parents can also get training through CFA-hosted Parenting Enrichment Seminars. There are optional CFA clubs the homeschool kids can join for the experience of learning with other kids. CFA holds support groups that get together on a quarterly basis for parents and kids to meet and encourage one another and share experiences and lessons.
ANNOUNCEMENT: CFA will be holding a Parents’ Orientation on March 6, 2014. Preschool to Grade school levels will be in the morning (9am-12nn) and High School will be in the afternoon (2pm-4pm). Please email or call Niki at local 111 for more details.
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Kids World
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Kids World offers the following programs: Home Education, Home Study, SPED, and E-learning. Their academics cover K-12 (Preschool to High School). Other special course offers include Integrated Philippine History through Culture and Arts and Interactive Filipino with Baybayin.
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Peniel Integrated Christian Academy, Inc.
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Peniel Christian Academy offers the following programs: Preschool, Grades 1-6, High School, SPED, Homeschool, and foreign students (with Bureau of Immigration Accreditation).
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**Coming up next: My top 5 reasons for homeschooling
**Don’t miss the first five posts in my 7 in 7 series (plus a BONUS one!):
Homeschooling in the Philippines — Answers to some FAQs
The Week and Day That Was: A Peek at Our Homeschool Days
Independent Homeschoolers in the Philippines
Word-Filled Wednesdays: Encouraging Bible Verses for Homeschoolers
