Home school and more

We took a family pic for Dalya - to frame for her bday present. It looks better printed but this is what we got! Lovely kids hey? All so different.

Na'amah with her blonde curls, but tanned skin and Kai also darker than the others...

Hila is the fairest of them all! Amitai had his once year shave and the poor guy suffered as Abba's machine wasnt sharp enough and it pulled his hair!

He lost all his auburn highlights - but they will soon grow back.

Another one, look at the 2 cheeky ones on the right.

They love to push each other around in the doll's prams.

Then we had a homeschooling, end of year party.
Kai, Mikki, Shai (Carmen was babysitting) all had Spanish lessons with Mary.
Here they were showing us a little of what they know!
Hila and Hannah joined in....

Tess presented some information that she learnt from Sonlight all about Genghis Kahn.
I must say that I have learnt a LOT too and what amazing books we have read together. Especially the countries like China, Japan and Mongolia.

Karen's boys present some History that they learnt.


And the best part of the morning was pancakes, icecream and other delicious treats.

Ruth, is a lovely girl I have come to know here and she took the girls for Hebrew once a week - she has blessed our family so much by her warmth, love for teaching and relationship with both Kai and Tess. We look forward to more years of getting to know Ruth.

Mary (right) - our friend who has featured on the blog many times already, taught some of the girls Spanish volunteeringly the past year.

All the kids:

Ido is the son of Tehila, a lady who lives here and has homeschooled her son on and off the past years. She is a single mother and very sweet and we are building a good relationship with her.

Shai is the daughter of a family here who took her out of school the past year, as she wasnt happy in her class. Next year they will move, so she will go to another school.

Mikki, is the youngest daughter of Mike and Mary, who have homeschooled all 4 of their kids the past years and Mikki is the last one in school!

Jonathan and Asher are Karen's kids and next year their oldest daughter Shoshanna (13) joins the homeschooling tribe! A big adjustment for her, please pray for easy transitions!

Hannah is in kindergarten - so that she can learn some Hebrew as both her parents are English speakers.

Hila completed a lot of schooling - though only next year she starts "real school" - she is eager and loves her math and reading. She doesnt like writing!

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We are so blessed to have these people and children around us, it was LONELY the first 2 years of schooling at Alon HaGalil, but we see how the Lord has blessed us in our decision to school this way and how he has answered prayers in many ways:

Provision for supplies, more people like us to fellowship with and a beautiful place to live in, surrounded by nature and also that the children have made wonderful friends her with the local kids too!

Thank you Lord.