The Benefits Of Homeschooling with Lions

• Better family connection
• Less exposure to unwanted factors
• No teenage rebellion
• Less stress for parents
• Better education in less time
• More time for passion and development of useful skills
• Better health because of better food and more exercise
• All ages learning and playing together in a co-ed setting
• No uniforms
• Earlier more meaningful careers

Lions Magic Mornings

Imagine a school…

Instead of starting the day with a roll call and loud “take out your books” instead it’s more like…

“Sit in a comfortable position, check that your back is up straight. Rest your hands gently in your lap and close your eyes.” And then, for the next 10 minutes children begin to focus on their breath, meditate or engage in other breathing exercises to set their day.

At Lions, the Educators know that starting our day with grounding exercises like Wim Hoff Breath work, Meditation, breathing exercises, Qigong or yoga will give them the tools to handles stressful situations, calm and set their minds to prepare for learning and better attend to and have more focused attention on what needs to get done.

For many of us, meditation is something we may have picked up later in life, but at Lions, our children are learning these life changing skills young. They are experiencing the benefits from a young age so they can learn to navigate the emotional rollercoaster of growing up.

Our magic morning sets the perfect tone for the rest of the learning day. We are calm, centered and intentional in our thoughts. Lions learners are cultivating self awareness, leading to making good choices and a spirit of compassion and empathy towards others.

Lions Magic Mornings - Writing

Every day, just after our grounding or movement exercises, Lions children (and Educators!) write, for 7 minutes, uninterrupted in their writer’s notebooks.

We love creating this dedicated time for the children to write freely, express themselves, share their work and reflect on their growth. We value writing daily and understand the huge benefit it has for our children.

• Writing improves with practice. Much like a sport, we must practise small bits each day to get any better.

• Writing requires focused attention which all students need to be developing.

• Writing provides a creative outlet. Seeing the growth in the children’s creativity warms our hearts.

• Writing boosts vocabulary. Watch the children’s vocab soar. Writing consolidates new vocabulary and gives us opportunities to use and apply our new words.

• Writing organises our thoughts and ideas- Writing improves communication, analytical, critical and reasoning skills all at the same time.

• Writing daily allows for self reflection and self evaluation. The kids will see their writing blossom.

“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.”

But at Lions we persevere and this dedicated time and pushing through the ‘hard’ is paying off. We LOVE seeing our children’s growth and development in their writing and especially love seeing how proud the children are of themselves.