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“On Fire!”: 2018 Philippine Homeschool Convention

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We’re on our fourth year homeschooling this year. I can’t even believe it has been that long already. I wasn’t so sure we’d last more than two years. Haha! But seriously, it has been such an interesting journey, to say the least.

I love that Ziggy and I have been successful in homeschooling so far. He’s learning. He’s enjoying homeschooling and doesn’t want to go to a regular school yet. I also enjoy teaching him and seeing him learn new things. At the same time, I get to really bond with him as well.

However, I’ve honestly been thinking of quitting after this school year already. It’s mostly due to my feeling that I have so much on my plate already. Homeschooling takes a lot of my time. Add to that the time I need to spend on taking care of my family, doing chores, blogging, and working. As it is, I only work part-time. I really want to earn more and the only way I think I can do that is if I increase my work hours.

Nothing’s final yet though. I still wish to homeschool for as long as possible. I guess, at this point, I just need some encouragement and maybe some inspiration so that I can figure out how to manage everything on my plate and still homeschool.

That’s precisely why I want to attend this year’s Philippine Homeschool Convention. I was only able to attend the first one, which was a few years ago and I really enjoyed the experience. I’m hoping that this year, I’ll learn more things and rekindle that fire I have for homeschooling.

If you’re interested to attend the convention as well, here are some helpful info you need to know.

On Fire: 2018 Philippine Homeschool Convention

This year, Educating for Life (EFL) and SMX Convention Center, SM Aura Premier are pleased to invite you to the 2018 Philippine Homeschool Convention (PHC). To be held on September 22, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Aura Premier, Taguig City, this year’s convention aims to gather Filipino parents and provide them with inspiration and encouragement to keep the flame burning as they fuel and kindle their children’s passion and purpose.

The Convention, with the theme “On Fire!”, draws its inspiration from the quotation commonly attributed to the poet William Yeats, but is said to originate from Greek biographer and essayist Plutarch’s original words that say, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”

As homeschoolers, we believe that our approach to education is characterized by this very concept. In homeschooling our children, we do not merely fill their minds with information. We aim for character-building that goes beyond the academics. We strive to guide our children to find what fuels them. We kindle these passions and vocations in the hopes that they find their meaning and purpose in life.

Thus, “On Fire!” is also a call to all Filipino homeschoolers—parents and children alike—to make a difference in a world that seems void of hope, empathy, and compassion. As we kindle the fire within our children and teach them life’s most important lessons, may all homeschooling families become tiny sparks that together will set the world ablaze.

Speakers, Program and Activities:

This year’s Philippine Homeschool Convention features inspirational speakers and seasoned homeschooling parents who aim to rally all homeschoolers to “Light the Fire”, “Fan the Flame,” and “Spread the Fire” of homeschooling within their families and communities.

The line-up of speakers consists of both international and local speakers who will leave the participants inspired, encouraged, empowered, and equipped to start or continue their respective homeschooling journeys with even greater passion than before.

Among them are homeschool student-turned-homeschooling veteran mom and advocate Cassandra Shepherd from New Zealand/Singapore, homeschooling dad, bestselling author and sought-after motivational speaker Jayson Lo, veteran homeschooling mom, author, and speaker at major U.S. homeschool conventions Dr. Teresa Moon from the U.S., and homeschool coach and author of the first homeschooling book in the Philippines Nove-Ann Tan.

Click this link for more information about the speakers.
Click this link for a copy of the program.
Click this link to view the PHC topics for the plenary and breakout sessions.

Similar to the past conferences, there will also be an Expo and activities for kids and teens.

Registration:

Interested PHC participants can register online via this link.

Below are the registration fees:
* Early bird rate – Full access (With access to plenary talks, breakout sessions and expo) – P1000 per participant
* Expo only ticket – P100 per person
* Walk-in and on-site payment rate – Full access – P1200 per participant
* Kids 3 and below are free (lap seating only)

Physical tickets are also available at the following:s
Catholic Filipino Academy
OMF Literature Bookstores
Peniel Integrated Christian Academy of Rizal
The Parenting Emporium

Hope to see you there!

DIY Homeschool Planner Set Up

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Last week on my YouTube channel, I posted a flip through video of the homeschool planner I used last year. As promised, I’m back now with a new video showing a flip through of my DIY Homeschool Planner for this school year.

Because the travelers notebook system I used last year worked really well for me, I’m using a similar system this year. However, I’m using a different cover, my pocket wide Foxy Fix Sugar Mochi travelers notebook. I also did some tweaks to improve on some things inside the planner.

It is my hope that this video will help newbie homeschool moms in setting up their own homeschool planners. I remember three years ago when were just starting out with our homeschool journey, I searched for a ready-made homeschool planner that is available locally but I didn’t find any. That’s how I came to decide to make my own instead.

Feel free to get some inspiration from my set up. Take note though that I set this up specifically for our needs so some of the ideas here might not work for you. But the beauty about making a DIY homeschool planner is the ability to include anything and everything that you will need. So, have fun with it!

Hope you enjoy the video (see below)! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Also, I’d appreciate it if you can give the video a LIKE. Subscribe to my channel too, if you wish. I would definitely appreciate it.

Happy homeschool planning!

Homeschool Planner: End of Year Flip Through

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I meant to film a homeschool planner end of year flip through video at the end of the school year last March. However, I was only able to do so today.

I wanted to share how I used my DIY planner using my travelers notebook, a pocket size Foxy Fix Wanderlust in Licorice. I had filmed a flip through video on it during the beginning of the school year and promised I would film another one at the end of the year as sort of a recap on how I used it and whether it worked for me or not.

I’m finally able to share it with you guys today, which is about time because a new school year is about to start in a couple of weeks.

Here’s the video!

I hope you guys enjoy watching the video. My hope is that it will help other homeschooling moms be more organized and productive in their homeschooling. I, for one, can’t live without a homeschool planner because there’s just a lot to keep track of.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions. I would also appreciate it if you can share with me your own homeschool planner set up. I’m sure I’d learn something valuable from it too.

Stay tuned for my next video wherein I will show you my updated homeschool planner set up for the upcoming school year.

Happy planning!

Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017

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We’ve been homeschooling our son, Ziggy, for 3 years now. We started when he was in pre-K. Now, he’s in first grade already. We’ve learned so much through this journey and I owe a lot of that to other homeschooling friends, online resources as well as to the Philippine Homeschool Conference that I attended two years ago.

Last year, I really wanted to attend the conference again. But I was only 3 weeks post partum then so I had to wait until this year. I am so happy that the Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017 is finally happening soon!

The Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017: Homeschool to the Future

This year, HAPI (Homeschool Association of the Philippines), with Educating for Life as the Conference organizer, is setting up the PHC to be an event that will inspire and equip parents to “homeschool to the future.”

The theme of this year’s Philippine Homeschool Conference is “Homeschool to the Future: Educating for the World of Tomorrow.” The Internet Age is what inspired the theme this year. Educators are beginning to realize that because information is literally available with a press of a button, it is vital for students of today to learn what to do with it.

The more valuable skills to be learned are critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving – skills that homeschoolers can embrace and promote in their homes. Children are taught to learn how to learn – and love how to learn – as they make use of the technology and resources available to them.

The PHC 2017 will take place from 7 a.m. (start of registration) to 6 p.m. on October 7, 2017 at Treston International College in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.


PHC 2017 Topics and Speakers

This year’s conference topics have the good old “basics” of educating one’s children in mind, while also helping them to prepare for the future. The topics were also prepared with different kinds of parents in mind: those curious about homeschooling; those just starting their journey; those who are already homeschooling; and even those who are attracted to homeschooling but can’t do it for some reason or another, yet still want to be hands-on with their children’s education.

The keynote topics will be given by passionate homeschooling leaders and committed advocates of education:

  • Back-to-Basics Parenting in the Technological Age (by Senator Francis Pangilinan)
  • Unconventional Education: Empowering the Youth for the Future (by Efren Peñaflorida Jr.)
  • The Best Option for Education in the 21st Century: Homeschooling. Know Your Kids. Discover Their Passion. Learning Happens (by Marissa Leinart)
  • Plenary Guest Speaker: The 21st Century Learner (by Sheryl G. See)

In addition to these inspiring and information-packed keynotes, participants may choose two of the topics for the Breakout Sessions. There are 13 in all. What I’m interested in the most are:

  • The Juggling Act: Home Management for Teacher Moms
  • Technology in Your Homeschool
  • Raising Financially-Literate Kids
  • That Thing Called ‘Gap Year’
  • Narration 101

You can find the complete list of keynotes and breakout sessions HERE.

Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017 Fees

Early bird rate (until Sept. 30, 2017 only): Php 800 per head
Walk-in rate: Php 1,000 per head

To register and/or learn more about the PHC 2017 registration process, click HERE.

Follow these social media accounts to get updates and help spread the word about the PHC 2017:

Philippine Homeschool Conference on Facebook
Philippine Homeschool Conference 2017 Event Page on Facebook
Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands on Facebook

Planner Flip Through: Homeschool Planner in a FoxyFix Travelers Notebook

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I have finally uploaded another YouTube video, this time showing you a planner flip through of my Homeschool Planner.

In the video, I share how I came up with the idea of setting up a homeschool planner using a travelers notebook, specifically a pocket size Foxy Fix Wanderlust in Licorice. You’ll see the different inserts I decided to use in order to plan the lessons that I teach my son each week, as well as other inserts that I use to record important information.

As I’ve said in the video, I do not know of any homeschooling parents who organize their homeschool lesson plans using a travelers notebook. I’ve searched on YouTube and most of the ones I found were homeschool planners that are bigger and look more like regular notebooks. Given that this is only our third year in homeschooling (second year in a formal homeschooling structure), I am not yet sure if my planner set-up will work well for me for the rest of year. I certainly hope so. But if not, I’ll tweak it until I get it right.

If you’re also a homeschool mom (or dad!) like me and you have your own homeschool planner, please do share your set-up with me. I’d love to see it so that I can get more ideas on how to improve mine.

For now, here’s the video. I hope you enjoy watching it!

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