10 Things You Should Know If Homeschool In Indonesia

I’ve been eleven years homeschooling, and I never live in other country. So here are my experience, I want to share with other homeschool fellow, to let you know about how we, Indonesian homeschool family, live in our days of learning.

My son in his scouting activity

1. Your neighbour and family will continue asking about your child socialization

Even if you already told them, they won’t believe in you, until your child have his good friends playing at your house.

2. You should have your own library, most of all libraries will ask about your child’s school student ID when apply membership.

And as a homeschool child, they do not have school ID, and therefore can’t apply for library membership.

Levemir VS Lantus, The Effects On My Diabetic

Yesterday i was so disappointed with the fact that my effort and pain at the whole month was useless. It is about my blood glucose that is getting higher than last month. Before March, my doctor prescribed Lantus Solostar as my diabetic treatment. I injected every night, 12 units. And my test showed result about 160-190 mg/dL, that was good, I used to be 400 mg/dL before insulin treatment.

On March, I got Levemir as replacement of Lantus, my doctor said that Lantus is out of stock. OK, I thought they are just the same. If certain brand medicine is out of stock, doctor will prescribe the replacement that have the same effect. So I injected my Levemir the whole March. And guess what I got on April test? My blood sugar was 322 mg/dL! I was very shocked!

Camping In Rainy Day

Look at those cloudy sky!

It was our third camping with our homeschool community, Klub Sinau. And it was rainy day! Most of campers tend to ignore rain, but not us. Camping in rainy day is so challenging, we learn how to survive from the rain in the tent with dry clothes, sleeping bag, and food! Can we? Yes we can! 

Kremes (Crisp)

Indonesian main food is rice. Rice taste a little sweet, but mostly tasteless. To make the rice taste better, we like to add "kremes" in our rice. Usually we eat kremes with fried tempe or fried chicken, it is so delicious! Here is the recipe:

Thomas Jefferson's Principles In Educational Leadership

Yesterday I was not feeling well, so we are decide to learn on our own. My son chose to learn by reading science books from the We Give Books. I chose to learn about the educational principles of Thomas Jefferson.

Why I chose those topics? A couple days ago I read a review, writing by a homeschool mom that applies the principles of Thomas Jefferson on education her three children, and was pleased with its success. As usual, I was smitten, so would like to know about it. Then I browsed the internet. I met the official link of his book at amazon.com store, also links the counter principal of his theories.

Sidoarjo Cultural Parade

Last Sunday my city, Sidoarjo, celebrate its 156th birthday. We have cultural parade. People dress up culturally and festive, riding unique vehicles. They march, dance, and playing music. We have so much fun watching the parade. Our government also providing about 6000 free meals! Isn't that wonderful? I have the opportunity watching the dancers prepare for the parade, they are professionals and I can see that they are having fun as I am. I must commit that I was so excited watching, taking photos, and interact with them.

Preparing the unique vehicles and costums before the parade began. They were really hard working to show off their beautiful culture.

Surabaya - Galaxy Mall

Some photos of Galaxy Mall - Surabaya - Indonesia. It is chinese new year eve, so the mall decorate the interior and exterior ini red and golden.

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