Guides & Digital Products

At Buhay Aralan®, we offer open-and-go study guides, digital planning tools, and self-paced courses created to support Filipino families guiding their own learning at home.These resources are designed not as formal curricula, but as educational coaching tools—rooted in storytelling, values formation, Philippine culture, and critical thinking.

Co-op & Community

The Buhay Aralan® Co-op (currently known as G1NKE) is a learning support community, not a formal school. Participation is voluntary, collaborative, and designed to support Filipino families through shared teaching, curated tools, and community rhythms. Members are expected to contribute time, talents, or leadership based on their availability.

Consulting & Parent Support

By booking a 1:1 curriculum consultation, coaching call, or joining Agos Timon™, you acknowledge that Buhay Aralan® provides coaching and educational guidance services, not academic certification.Our role is to support your planning, resource selection, and rhythm-building—you remain the primary decision-maker in your child's education.

About Buhay Aralan®

Buhay Aralan® is a Filipino learning support consultancy that provides parents with culturally-rooted study guides, curriculum coaching, and community-based enrichment tools for home education. We're not a school—we are a platform for purposeful, parent-led learning.

Guides & Digital Products

Our open-and-go PDFs are designed to help parents lead meaningful lessons without pressure or overwhelm. These tools include study guides, narration prompts, unit planners, and culture-rich explorations in Philippine history, civics, and the arts.Each guide is:

  • 🌱 Parent-centered – You remain the guide. We provide structure and prompts.

  • 🇵🇭 Culturally-rooted – Anchored in Filipino stories, values, and national identity.

  • 🧠 Socratic & Reflective – Encouraging critical thinking, narration, and dialogue.

  • 🧩 Flexible & DepEd-complementary – Useful for portfolios and MELC-based adaptation.

These are not worksheets—they’re conversation-based, multi-age-friendly, and designed to deepen understanding, not just fill time.

Self-Paced Courses and Student Group Online Classes

For both parents and students, Buhay Aralan® offers flexible, culturally-rooted learning programs to support your homeschool journey. From planning courses to enrichment-style classes, each one is designed to be practical, reflective, and grounded in real Filipino family life.Our programs are:

  • 🎯 Real-life focused

  • 🧭 Filipino family-centered

  • 🤝 Community-oriented

  • 🪞 Reflective & values-based

  • 💡 Coaching-supported

Learn at your own pace—or alongside others. You choose the flow.

FAQs

  • For what level or age are the guides? - Originally designed for my 5- and 8-year-old—one a wiggly Kindergartener, the other an eager Grade 2 reader—each guide works best for Form I or Grades 1–3, with extensions for older learners (up to age 12). Younger kids enjoy tracing, coloring, and picture studies; older ones dive into copywork, mapwork, biographies, and narration. Whether you’re homeschooling Charlotte Mason or Montessori-style, enrolled in a traditional or distance learning setup, or just looking for meaningful Filipino lessons for ages 5–12, this guide offers flexible, living learning experiences.

  • Is it a complete Curriculum? - Each guide can stand alone by subject but together, they can form a well-rounded Filipino curriculum—just add your preferred Math and Language Arts programs. Lessons integrate reading, geography, art, history, science, and music naturally through stories, copywork, and creative projects.

  • Can I use it even if we’re not homeschooling? - Absolutely! These guides work beautifully as after-school enrichment or weekend family lessons, offering a simple way to reconnect with Filipino stories, art, and heritage—no teaching experience required.

  • Why is it in English and not in Filipino? -I write primarily in English to make the material accessible to both Filipino and global families—especially those rediscovering their roots. While many suggested books and videos are in Filipino, the lessons guide parents in introducing Filipino words and concepts naturally. My hope is to help children—wherever they are—see, hear, and feel the beauty of our country through stories, art, and nature.

  • Is it aligned to DepEd Standards - Yes—each guide follows the K–12 Key Stage Standards and encourages the skills DepEd emphasizes: observing, comparing, measuring, communicating, and predicting. While Science and Social Studies aren’t required in the early years, these guides gently nurture curiosity about self, community, and nature—perfect for families who want to go beyond minimum requirements.

  • Is it enough? - Every guide was created from my own homeschooling journey—complete with doubts, joy, and growth. The goal isn’t perfection but meaningful learning. Each one includes a checklist showing how lessons align with DepEd standards and Charlotte Mason’s List of Attainments, so you can confidently assess if it’s “enough” for your family.

Release and Refunds Update

as of October 2025Dear Buhay Aralan® Families,Thank you for your continued patience and kindness as we’ve been refining, reformatting, and realigning our study guides, courses, and community offerings over the past year.As many of you know, our 2023–2024 materials, including Sinu-sino sa Sining? (Art) and Tunog at Kantahan (Music), experienced extended delays due to copyright clearance requests and creative revisions. I am happy to share that both projects have since resumed production under updated permissions and formats. These guides, along with Kasaysayan Ko and Kaunlarang Panlipunan, have rolled out in phases between late 2025 and mid-2026, alongside our new Co-op and Library platform.If you previously purchased or preordered any of these guides and wish to request a refund or credit, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You may choose between:A full refund, or a credit transfer toward upcoming Buhay Aralan® products, Co-op membership, or digital library access.As a small and values-driven initiative, every guide we release is made with thoughtful care — grounded in authenticity, cultural respect, and your trust. Your support allows this mission to continue growing sustainably, and I’m deeply grateful for it.Thank you for walking this journey with me and for your grace through all the seasons of creation and change. I remain committed to delivering resources that honor the Filipino child’s imagination, curiosity, and love for country.With gratitude and warmth,
Jasmine Mendiola
Founder, Buhay Aralan®

Co-op & Community

Clubs, Classes & Shared Resources

Buhay Aralan® Co-op members get access to a growing library of online and in-person clubs, exclusive resources, and community-led events rooted in Filipino culture and joyful learning. From Theater Club to science sessions and art meetups—there’s something for every child, and a space for every parent to belong.✨ Open to homeschoolers who want real support, not just resources.

A Glimpse Into Our Community Life

From storytelling circles and field trips to donation drives and SDG debates, our events are built around shared memory-making. You’ll see families learning together—not just from books, but through service, collaboration, and celebration.

Consulting & Parent Support

Agos Timon Homeschool Planning

Tired of planning systems that don’t feel like they fit your Filipino homeschool life?Let’s change that. Agos Timon is not just a planner—it’s a whole rhythm reset. Whether you’re new to homeschooling or knee-deep in lesson plans and portfolios, this webinar will show you how to plan with purpose, flexibility, and joy. Inspired by the tides (“Agos”) and guided direction (“Timon”), this method blends structure with flow, giving your homeschool the clarity it needs without the burnout.

Personalized Curriculum Design & Homeschool Coaching

Our 1:1 consultations and curriculum design sessions offer personalized support for Filipino families navigating home education. Whether you're building a full-year plan or just need clarity on your next step, we’ll help you map out a rhythm that fits your values, goals, and daily life. These sessions are rooted in parent empowerment, cultural relevance, and practical ease.

About Buhay Aralan®

In Filipino, Buhay means life or alive, and Aralan means a place of learning — together, they form Buhay Aralan®, a “life-giving education.”This is our vision — an education that breathes life. We believe Filipino children learn best when they see truth, goodness, and beauty reflected in their stories — from our country’s literature, history, and nature, and in the everyday moments of family life.In a world that moves quickly and often looks elsewhere for meaning, many Filipino children grow distant from their roots. Tagalog words fade, cultural connections thin, and the love of country risks being reduced to symbols instead of lived experience. Buhay Aralan® exists to bridge that gap — to help families rediscover who we are and what it means to belong.We are often called resilient, hardworking, hospitable, and God-fearing — but do we truly know where these values come from? How do we live them out? How can we pass them on meaningfully to our children?Through our open-and-go study guides, story-based curricula, and community programs, we invite families to make learning gentle, Filipino-rooted, and joyfully doable. Each guide encourages parents to nurture curiosity, creativity, and compassion — while giving themselves permission to rest, simplify, and reconnect.We dream of raising Filipino children who grow up proud of their heritage and engaged with the world — children who learn not just facts, but empathy, identity, and purpose.Ultimately, Buhay Aralan® is about creating beautiful moments and meaningful connections — a rhythm of learning that strengthens families, honors culture, and awakens love for country one story at a time.

A Gentle and Living Education for Filipino Families

Buhay Aralan® is a Filipino learning support consultancy that provides parents with culturally-rooted study guides, curriculum coaching, and community-based enrichment tools for home education. We're not a school—we are a platform for purposeful, parent-led learning.

Our Mission

We believe education begins with the family and is rooted in values. Our mission is to support Filipino families in designing an education that nurtures:

  • love for country

  • critical thinking

  • curiosity, compassion, and confidence

  • a deep connection to Philippine history, language, and culture

Through our guides, coaching, and co-op tools, we aim to make alternative education accessible, meaningful, and joyfully Filipino.

What We Believe

Your home is your child’s first and most important learning environment. When children begin to love their country and understand their role in the community from home, they learn that even small acts of care can change the world.Paolo and I are far from perfect parents — just two flawed individuals learning alongside our children. Homeschooling during the pandemic gave us a chance to grow together without the constant fear of not doing enough, and instead, to focus on what truly matters.Learning how to love begins with compassion — compassion for what we don’t understand, for ideas we disagree with, and for our own past, parents, and ancestors. Most of all, compassion for ourselves as we continue to learn, forgive, and begin again.

About.

It all started with...

a story — and a home that keeps evolving.I’m Jasmine Mendiola, mother to a blended family of eight humans, three dogs, four cats, a few fish and snails — and a humble homestead where dragonflies greet the morning and fireflies light up the night. Every so often, free-range farm animals and forest creatures wander through, reminding us that learning truly happens everywhere, and that every transition is a lesson in love, resilience, and growth.

These days, when I’m not responding to the next have-to-do for our small team of builders, our household, or my children’s many needs, my work continues to grow through Buhay Aralan® — a learning and community initiative that designs Filipino-rooted study guides and co-op programs for families who value meaningful, culture-rich education. I create guides, courses, and resources that make learning adaptable, story-driven, and life-giving — helping parents teach not just academics, but identity, empathy, and purpose.Beyond education, I integrate my background as a Glow Coach™, weaving together tools in Human Design, Ikigai, Love Languages, and CliftonStrengths — grounded in Life Purpose Coaching, Women’s Circle and LGBTQ+ Facilitation, and specialized training in Parenting, Educational Psychology, and Special Education. At the heart of my work is the practice of Acceptance and Commitment — learning to honor what is, act with intention, and move through change with grace. Whether guiding women in transition, helping parents understand their design, or mentoring youth through civic and creative programs, my goal is to help others find their natural rhythm between effort and ease, flow and fury, purpose and peace.When I’m not designing lessons or community programs, you’ll find me tending the garden, journaling over coffee, or quietly rethinking how education and everyday life can stay aligned with truth, goodness, and beauty.Follow our family’s stories, reflections, and behind-the-scenes curriculum notes on my parent–teacher blog — where we keep learning how to live, love, and lead a life worth teaching.

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