Homeschooling is definitely NOT a walk in the park. If you are at all considering this alternative education for your family, it is best to take advantage of the upcoming Philippine Homeschool Conference 2012 by attending.  Through this  you will better understand what you are getting yourself into as opposed to blindly jumping in just because it feels like it’s a good option. An educated decision will always be best, especially when it comes to our children’s future.

I know this for a fact because my husband and I attended the Philippine Homeschool Conference in 2008 and it more than just opened our eyes. It allowed us to embrace and understand the concept of homeschooling. Although it did take a while for us to formally get into fully experiencing its benefits, the elation of being there as you see your son progress academically is priceless.

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First off, thank you so much for visiting this page. We are thrilled that more and more people are actually considering this alternative education for their children. I do receive each and every inquiry that you send via email. While I used to individually reply to your emails, I do not anymore, have the luxury of time.

Christian Homeschooler is our family’s way of blogging about our homeschooling journey that started in 2009. We have been using School of Tomorrow’s homeschooling curriculum and have been vouching for it ever since. If you would like to enroll, please contact the numbers I provided via the FAQ page. Families cannot enroll via Christian Homeschooler. For some reason, I always receive enrollment inquiries to the tune of, “We would like to enroll our children to your school.” And while we do pray to be able to start our own school using the SOT curriculum, it currently is not existing yet. It actually is an encouragement for us to continue praying about it.

I actually salute the number of families who are considering homeschooling. Before we actually formally homeschooled, a lot of well-meaning friends and relatives tried to talk us out of it with matching list of suggestions Read this article »

While the greater bunch of school aged children are having their summer vacation, homeschoolers in this corner are learning about holidays and what they celebrate. Since as homeschoolers, we are not really affected when Malacanang announces a no school day. We do school anyway. Lovely too that we get to declare our own no school day just because.

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This homeschooling family were in Cambodia last March 30, 2012 when this great news arrived in my inbox!

Rev. Delbert Hooge announced during Living Heritage Academy’s (LHA’s ) Banquet/ Awards Night (March 30, 2012) that the home education program of the Philippine School of Tomorrow for elementary and high school levels have been accredited by the DepEd. LHA is now renamed as Philippine Christian School of Tomorrow – Home Education Program . Praise be to God!

My husband and I were thrilled to hear the news. We did miss the Banquet/Awards night because we were overseas. But we celebrated with our fellow homeschoolers using the School of Tomorrow curriculum, nonetheless. Living Heritage Academy’s not being accredited back then yet did not stop us from using it anyway as we homeschool our son. Read this article »

Because homeschooling is the system we believe we are called to do to educate our son, the importance of supplement class is something we cannot put aside.

When our son was three years old, he has always answered us with “tuba,” whenever we ask him what instrument he wants to learn. We never actually took it seriously. A three year old with an enormous tuba is a very silly picture. After having been a part of a reputable Karate class for more than a year, we also enrolled him in a voice class. He is currently doing piano lessons. Read this article »

After more than two years of our homeschooler being a member of Shotokan Karate, we are considering transferring him to Japan Karate Do. The only factor that is stopping us from doing this is the location of the Japan Karate Do dojo. Since we will only do this supplement class twice per week, we might just give it a go.

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Exactly a month before our homeschooler turns 7 and he is halfway through Level 3! We have been praying whether we should enroll him in a big school (using the School of Tomorrow curriculum, of course). If he makes the next half in time for the next school year, we might inquire and have him take a diagnostic test.

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Aside from all the praises that we have for Thien Xuan Hotel, its location is also perfect being a block away from Ben Tahn Market. We did not wait another day to go visit and check out the knick knacks at Ben Tanh Market. We went for our pasalubong shopping at night time.

Ben Tanh Night Market is the place to go for tourists if you would like to be able to haggle and buy stuff for cheap. These are the first batch of pasalubong we were able to get hold of on our first night at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The collection of stuff for sale were so varied, I could have bought one of each if only I have the luggage space. From detailed and pretty dish paintings, funny coffe mugs, iPho shirts and other souvenir items.

Being homeschoolers, this serves like our field trip of sorts. We get to expose our son to a different culture, their history and lifestyle. The gazillion of photos that we came home with will come very handy as we read more about Vietnam and Cambodia in our Social Studies class.

From all the three hotels we stayed in during our recent trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, it was Thien Xuan Hotel that we all loved the most. For $42 per night, we get more than our money’s worth. For a standard room, the size was spacious enough with all the basic amenities and great customer service.

Buffet Breakfast was always filling at Thien Xuan Hotel

While I can only wish I can say the same for the other hotel we stayed in from our trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which is Ha Hien Hotel. Read this article »

Our family just flew back from Vietnam and Cambodia. A blast, it was! We could have brought our PACES with us on this trip and maybe have our son work on them from time to time. But we chose not to. Our son worked hard enough before we left, so I think he deserves a complete break.

Jed at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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