Tag Archives: home education

Yet another change in home ed styles.

Posted on Thu Feb 16 2012 by Jax

Over the years I’ve tried a wide variety of styles of home education. We’ve been structured, used bits of curriculum, tried out Montessori, unschooled, gone childled. And nothing has really worked for any length of time. Which is why we … Continue reading →

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The whole early years/ school age thing and home education, with a book review.

Posted on Mon Dec 12 2011 by Jax

Increasingly via twitter I’m getting contacted about home education. This is good. I’m glad that ppl have somewhere to reach out to. When I was considering it for Big, all those years ago, my online answers came courtesy of the … Continue reading →

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I have been accused of neglect.

Posted on Mon Nov 7 2011 by Jax

Again. Oh no, it’s not the first time. No, it’s not me personally. It’s worse than that in a way. It’s yet another invidious slight against the home education community. This time at the hands of the TES (times educational … Continue reading →

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Learning to read – a carnival!

Posted on Tue May 10 2011 by Jax

So sorry this has taken me so long to post. without any further ado… Here’s Katie from Outside the Box with her Change makes you wanna hustle post about different approaches for different children. Drool over the absolute gorgeousness that … Continue reading →

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School, huh, yeah, what is it good for?

Posted on Tue Nov 16 2010 by Jax

Despite appearances to the contrary, given that we home educate, I’m not actually anti school per se. I’m just not sure I can see the point of it. And I think that there are an awful lot of ppl with … Continue reading →

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There are no bars here.

Posted on Sun Nov 14 2010 by Jax

Recently I came across an article by Erica Jong that is getting a less than positive reaction. The article is entitled Mother Madness and the tagline reads Spend every moment with your child? Make your own baby food and use … Continue reading →

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Good for you.

Posted on Sun May 9 2010 by Jax

A couple of weeks ago our home ed group went to the park. It was a glorious day – even though we hadn’t reached the advertised dates, the water features had been turned on and as my kids had brought … Continue reading →

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What’s in a word?

Posted on Wed Oct 28 2009 by Jax

School v education. Homeschool v home education. Different images aren’t they? To me anyway, although mainstream media and politicians in this country for some reason do not seem to see this. Setting aside the implied discourtesy in using a term … Continue reading →

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Home education – why and how? Call for posts

Posted on Sun Aug 30 2009 by Jax

In the past I’ve read some really inspiring posts on various ppl’s blogs on the why and how of how they came to home education and how it works for them as a family now. I’d love to read some … Continue reading →

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