Seasons Greetings & Happy New Year!

 
May you and your family have great new year ahead.  In spite challenging time ahead, may family ties continue to be strong, may you find happiness
in the little things in life.

Have a happy and Blessed & Happy New Year 2009!

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, [...]

Homeschooling, Self-Directed Learning & the Autonomous Learner (Report by Sloane Mak)

 
Written by Sloane Mak.
                On  Dec. 8th  FamilyPlace organized a talk by Professor Emeritus Gary Confessore, (Ed.D) of the Higher Education Administration of George Washington University who was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to lead a discussion on “Self-Directed Learning”. The talk was held [...]

You will survive!

If you ALMOST decided to homeschool and have cold feet, here’s something for you.
Enjoy!

Homeschooling on myCHILD

We were interview recently on myChild Malaysia on homeschooling. I felt it was well written article, get a copy here
Also, K V and Arian got on the cover!

Wai Leng thought it was good to show the father’s involvement

Homeschoolers Dinner Get-Together (Jan 10, 2009)

Registration CLOSED! 
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HOMESCHOOLERS DINNER GET-TOGETHER
January 10, 2009 is the day you won’t want to miss.
The time has come for homeschoolers around the country to reaffirm homeschooling as a legitimate lifestyle choice for living and learning.
Let’s come together to celebrate freedom, individuality, and learning diversity. Let’s come together to affirm family and community, and acknowledge the unique [...]

Talk on Self-Directed Learning by Prof Gary Confessore

This was probably our first talk by an invited guest, and Prof Gary Confessore was no ordinary speaker, judging from his luminous career in the academics, especially in the areas of self-directed learning and life-long learning.
Judging from the good turn out (about 40 people), despite many who had no idea where Kota Kemuning was, proves [...]

Talk on Self-directed Learning

We are glad to announce that we will organizing a talk on Self Directed Learning by Prof Gary Confessore.
Prof Confessore is in Malaysia for a couple weeks giving a series of Talks and Conferences for the higher education ministry and universities throughout the country. Prof Confessore is one of the well know scholars in this [...]