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Here is my collection of (mostly) Home Ed activities and ideas to help inspire your home classroom.

  • What does home education look like without a school style timetable?

    What does home education look like without a school style timetable?

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    When people start to home educate they often start to try to reproduce a school day and education broken down into subjects and topics – that’s what we are told education looks like after all. However, it’s not the only way to do it, and for many people it’s very much not the best way to do it.

    Think about it – the school system is set up for efficiency in terms of having one teacher at the front of the room with a whole bunch of children, often up to 30, with different abilities, background knowledge and level of interest. You’ve got a handful of children – perhaps even just the one. You don’t need to be packaging the information to hit 30 different marks.

    Turn it around another way, and think about a time you set out to learn something you were interested in. Maybe a new hobby or skill – perhaps you learnt from a class, but you might have watched youtube, read a book, listened to a podcast or found a friend to teach you. And because you were interested, even if it was hard, you persevered, it was fun, perhaps you made mistakes but laughed it off and kept going – and you developed that skill that you wanted. 

    Why can’t your home education look more like that? Set aside the expectations or guidelines for a minute, and think about what your child is interested in. Ask them what they want to learn or be or work towards – you might be surprised. Then build the resources and the education around that. 

    You could use youtube. (Yes, depending on your child’s age/ abilities you’ll want to think about the safety aspects of them running free on youtube, but that’s another rabbit hole for another time.) Perhaps there’s an app. Maybe there are classes, clubs, online tutorials based around it, or perhaps you’ll have to figure it out together. Don’t forget the library, both physical books and online offerings, and of course podcasts. Basically, think outside the box 😉

    Don’t worry too much about the resources being designed to be educational – perhaps there are documentaries about the topic that would be useful – they’ll be designed to be informational but there won’t be a quiz at the end. 

    How will you assess the learning? You’re right there with your child – talk to them, do the thing with them, let them tell you what they are learning. 

    All of this relies on your child being able to develop their learning from their own internal motivation – something called intrinsic motivation, which differs from doing things because of expectations, requirements or reward (extrinsic motivation). It’s a big factor in some alternative education systems, like the Montessori system, or you can read more about it in the writings of people like Alfie Kohn. 

    If all of this sounds great, and you’d like to know more about what life without a timetable could look like, I have a handy free download with resources and links. Sign up to my newsletter for access (you can unsubscribe immediately, but I hope you’ll want to stick around!) If you’re already a subscriber, and have missed out on this new download, it’s available on a pay what you want (starting at 0) basis here.

    If all of this has made you excited to learn more about different approaches to home education, you might be interested in the 12 hour live stream that took place early September. It’s available to watch on youtube either the full 12 hours, or a block per speaker. I was involved and you can catch up with my session here. Or if you want more on intrinsic motivation, there was a great talk from Dr Gina Riley all about this.

    Hope you’ve enjoyed this post – if you have please feel free to share. 

  • Not back to school 2025 edition

    Not back to school 2025 edition

    It’s everywhere isn’t it? Back to school adverts, uniform bundles in the middle of Lidl, discounts on stationery.



    Some families are absolutely thrilled – some kids are ready for the routine to start up, and want out of the house and to be back with their mates, and maybe schoolwork isn’t their favourite activity, but it’s not the worst thing either, and that’s OK.

    walker stories pack
    Buying books. Resources, I mean, yes, resources.

    But some families are dreading it. Some kids are already starting up with nightmares, or stress stomach aches, and they’re begging for an alternative. There is another way. Home education is a legal and valid alternative – and I should know, we’ve been not going back to school pretty much since 2004.

    You don’t have to replicate school – we certainly don’t. If your child is of an age or inclination to work towards exams, then you’ll have to follow that specific curriculum, but otherwise, the requirement is to provide an education that is suitable to age ability and aptitude and any other special needs the child may have. (I’m paraphrasing a little here, I have fuller articles around all of this if you need more details.)

    So what could it look like? Well, it depends on you and your child. For younger children, it’s probably just an extension of what you’re doing anyway as a parent. Crafts, books, outings. Helping round the house (life skills!), baking, clubs, sports – whatever works! Social activities with home ed groups, or uniformed groups, or sports or activities – if that’s your thing. It’s also fine for social to be smaller and more tailored to your child. Not all of us enjoy the big group thing, and that’s OK. The world would be a boring place if we were all the same.

    As home education has become more popular, you’re likely to be spoiled for choice for activities. In some areas there are groups and outings every day of the week – but if there isn’t something set up that you want, you can always set it up yourself.

    Do make sure you find your local home ed community – there’s likely to be one or more groups on facebook and probably a handful of whatsapp groups too.

    One thing though – don’t over commit. And ok, two things. You don’t need to buy all the things. (That’s a tongue in cheek post I’ve linked, but it has a serious point. We often run out and buy all the things, and then most of them languish untouched until we offload them years later. Or is that just me? I don’t think it is…)

    You really do not need a house full of resources. Or a subscription to six different services. There are groups set up to share low cost recommended resources – but give yourself a budget, and don’t go wild.

    As your kids get a little older you’ll likely find the patterns of your home education changing. They get to develop interests of their own, and the beauty of home education is that they can dive in and really develop those interests and skills without it being limited to a 40 minute lesson slot, or a topic on the curriculum. You might start to worry about how you’ll teach subjects that weren’t your strong point – but you don’t have to teach. You can facilitate, help them find resources, use free online sessions like Theatre of science (streams on facebook or youtube) or Joyful Maths with Ruth. There are discounted group sessions via groups like The £2 tuition hub or AWE club and new resources springing up all the time. I’ll do another post listing more resources next week (do sign up to my mail list to be kept up to date with my posts!)

    So if you’re looking into home education, and weren’t sure where to get started, I hope I’ve given you some ideas. According to the media this week, nearly a third of parents are or have considered home education because of bullying – if that’s you then welcome. You got this. Take it one day at a time, and breathe.

  • Using the summer to deschool

    Using the summer to deschool

    Right about now, there’s a lot of families breathing easy again. The pressure is off. There’s no need to make it to the school gates, in uniform, with all the right things at the right time.

    And as they breathe, a few families will be starting to wonder why they put themselves through this. Whether it’s actually worth it. But home education is big and scary. How do you do it? What are your responsibilities? I’m not a teacher, say parents, I don’t know how to follow a curriculum, or teach a lesson!

    You don’t have to be a teacher. You don’t have to follow a curriculum. It might take a little time to get into the flow of following your child’s lead – your child/ young person might need a little time to learn to let go and trust themselves! – but when it comes down to it, we all learn much better when we’re exploring things we’re interested in.

    So why not use the summer to deschool yourself and your family, and explore whether home education might be the way forward for you all?

    I’ve a couple of free resources that might be helpful – all I’m asking is you sign up to my (somewhat irregular) email list to get them. If they’re no use to you, no problem, if you want a conversation about them, pop me an email, I’m pretty reachable.

    Home education isn’t an easy option, and unschooling or child led approaches don’t mean you throw your hands in the air and leave it all up to your child. It’s about negotiation, compromise and communication, and all of that can take some time to bed in, but for so many of our children, particularly the neurodivegent among them, it can be an incredibly powerful way to lead their lives.

  • When home education doesn’t flow

    Sometimes it’s hard to write about home education in glowing terms because it feels like I’m not being entirely honest. Not dishonest, just not sharing the difficult bits. Because I’m trying to be an advocate, trying to lift people up, and I can’t imagine that people want to read about sometimes, I’m the one who needs lifting.

    But that’s not very authentic, and lying by omission is still lying. So today, I’m going to talk about what you do when home education feels really really hard. Or even when it’s parenting and life that feel hard, because that happens too.

    It will particularly happen when you’re a neurodivergent family. (I’m not using neurodivergent You don’t fit into the world’s expectations or systems, and your children don’t either. You’ve done your best to squish yourself into other people’s boxes, but the experience has left you feeling bruised and battered and even less capable than before.

    You are not the problem. Your child is not the problem. A world that expects people to fit into neat boxes is the problem. So what do you do?

    Throw the boxes out. If what you were doing in home education (or parenting, or life) isn’t working any more, it’s time to start over.

    Sometimes this will happen because things change externally. Sometimes it’ll happen because your child or your needs change. Maybe you get ill for a while. Perhaps your landlord tries to evict you. Or you lose your job or whatever.

    There’s nothing wrong in resting. Education doesn’t have to look like school – and while home education is expected to be full time and continuous, holidays are acceptable. (School is 39 weeks a year. Sometimes when we’re home educating we try to just keep it up all the time, because “there’s learning in everything” and sometimes we forget that it’s fine to take a break.)

    Do something different. Take up a new hobby. Make that new hobby be sleeping if necessary! Hobbies don’t have to be productive, or educational, or anything other than fun. All of this applies to your children as well.

    Perhaps you, or your child, have issues with PDA (pathological demand avoidance or persistent drive for autonomy) and education has become a demand too far. (Sometimes existing feels like a demand too far.) I’m going to offer you a choice here – would you prefer to rest now or later? Because if you try to push through this one, you will burn out. and your body will impost rest. So once we’ve recognised that rest is important, then it’s about how we meet the demands of the legal system around home education, and that can be by building activities around interests *without* telling the child that this is education, and then you go back later and work out what the education was that was provided.

    That can sound like a complete cop out. But that’s because of how we’ve built the education system, and home education is still judged by the standards of that system. Education for children is often only valued when it can be measured and quantified, even though there’s lots of other things we learn day to day in and out of school. Once you recognise that, it becomes a lot easier to tick their incredibly artificial boxes, and go on providing an education that’s actually suitable to age, ability and aptitude, and designed to support your child to build the life that they want for themselves.

    Take care of you.

    two children on beach looking at incoming wave

  • How home education looks for us in 2025

    How home education looks for us in 2025

    I have been home educating, on and off for over 20 years now. That feels like a bit of a milestone that swung by without me even noticing. We’ve made changes over the years, obviously, and home education in 2025 is pretty different to when we got started way back in 2003.

    Back then, if you wanted to find other home educators, you either joined Education Otherwise and got sent a list of contact details, or you trawled through yahoo groups, hoping you would find someone local to you. Nowadays, you can find groups on facebook, in your local libraries or even at youth clubs. Back then I put in a group order of Schofield and Sim’s workbooks (should have known that was never going to work!) nowadays I pop a search in google, find an app, buy something off Amazon. One thing that is unchanged though, I still trawl through charity shops looking for resources!

    So let’s talk about the practicalities of home educating a tween and teen: what we’re using, where we found it and how it all works.

    My kids have different balances of self awareness and self direction with plenty of ideas about what they want out of life and education, and that looks different for each of them. Smallest (for newer visitors, the 15 yo) is approaching that college age, and wants to be able to do art related things at college with age peers. So we’re doing some background level maths, and I probably should do a whole post on the type of resources you can use for it all, but right now our go to is Everything You Need to Ace Maths in One Big Fat Notebook (UK Edition): The Complete School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks) (affiliate link). This is quite an easy read textbook, written as if it’s a top student’s notebook, but quite a bit neater. It does have exercises in it from time to time, but if you want practice books (and they are going to be next on our list) I’ve been looking at both KS3 Maths Made Simple Ages 11-14 (Key Stage 3 Home Learning) and KS3 Maths: Foundation Skills Workbook (with Answer Key) | Exponents, Roots, Ratios, Proportions, Negative Numbers, Coordinate Planes, Graphing, Slope Yes, I know all of these look like ks3/ middle school books, but most of GCSE maths actually happens before KS4, and you’re never going to go wrong really nailing down the fundamentals. We’re hoping for one year maths and English courses at college, much like NSSTeen (who is no longer a teen, very much an adult) did all those years ago.

    Side note, who has run off with decades of my life??

    Other things that Smallest gets up to – lots of art. Mainly self taught, interests are around animation, anime, fan fiction, but there’s also a great awareness around the state of the world, politics, moral philosophy and oddly enough, greek and roman myths. Thanks, Rick Riordan, we love you! As well as Percy Jackson, I’d recommend things like The Owl House, Hilda (books and cartoons), Gravity Falls and for the moral philosophy, a really great starting point is The Good Place. I do recommend watching it yourself if you’ve a younger teen and you have any concerns around what they watch regarding physical relations. 😉

    And of course, TC. Youngest offspring, and in some ways, the one that takes up most of my headspace. Some parts are easy. TC loves stuff, particularly getting new (to us) stuff, and charity shops are a great way to satisfy that urge. Last weeks bargain was a particularly colourful one.

    Busy Beetles tesselating

    This is Busy Beetles Never-Ending puzzle. I thought it would keep us out of mischief while waiting for sibling at swimming. Turns out that 1) it’s vintage and possibly moderately valuable, and 2) it’s an absolutely fantastic resource for kicking off all sorts of mathematical/ logical conversations. So we get into looking at the shapes, the combinations of shapes and colours, which ones connect with themselves and what the commonalities and differences are, which ones don’t and why. There was even biological conversation around the actual beetles and their parts. And all that before we get into the aim of the puzzle to see how many beetles you can connect. (We’re up to 8 so far, in the first session anyway.)

    To summarise – we’re still home educating. We’re still dealing with understanding our own neurodivergencies. And I am still writing.

  • Low demand full time (cheap!) home education

    Low demand full time (cheap!) home education

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    Youngest is now 12. Somewhat demand averse, but will deep dive at the drop of a hat into something they find interesting. Last week we had some time to spare between activities (home ed ninja tag and bowling at the start of the day and computer club at the end) so we wandered the charity shops, because why not, and found a new one that had mystery bags for children.

    You all know I can’t resist a mystery bag, don’t you? There was a boys age 7-12 which said 13 items for £6 which seemed pretty good to me, so we left with that. And a neon drawing pad thing, new in box for £3. Do love a good charity shop.

    TC - child shown with tiger sticker in place of face, wearing yellow hoodie holding brown paper bag with logo and woodgreen written on it, in front of woodgreen charity shop

    Back to the car, and opened the bag, and while I wasn’t too impressed that they’d bulked up the numbers with 5 packs of fidget bands, there were a couple of books and 3 Kung Fu panda DVDs, so I think I’d still call it a win.

    One of the books was a Bear Grylls adventure story Mission: Survival Gold of the Gods (affiliate link to the exact issue, cheaper versions are available!), which had a fabulous holographic design cover – compass points around the edge and a figure in the middle doing a range of fighting moves. TC (TigerChild) has a fascination with maps, directions and stuff like that, so there was a quick fire set of questions and answers about all the intermediate compass points – how many are there, what do they all mean, why are there numbers round the edge.

    Fortunately, that was a set of quickfire questions I could answer, they aren’t always! 😆 So we covered that there are 16 named compass points and how they worked, and I thought that was that.

    Front cover of Mission: Survival Gold of the Gods by Bear Grylls, showing the holographic disk, with compass points around the fighting figure in the centre

    In the car on the way home at the end of the day, so several hours later, we were talking about the book, and I noticed that there’s a compass needle on google maps while you’re in navigation mode. I pointed it out to TC and asked if they could tell what direction we were going. The rest of the journey home was predictions about which direction we’d be going after the bends in the road we could see coming up, discussions of how surprising some of those directions were, which landmarks we could use to tell which direction was which, and how this would be useful so that TC could always find their way home.

    Very low demand, absolutely no pressure, and it all grew out of a charity shop bundle, that will be reinforced every time they fall over the book that is currently in the middle of their bedroom floor (is that a floorcase?). So if you’re wondering how your home education can be low demand, and still full time, that’s how that works. It never stops, there’s learning in pretty much everything, but you don’t have to leap on it and make it into a lesson or a project. If it turns into a game you can share though, that’s the best of the best.

  • The Playful Path to Development: Encouraging Growth through Outdoor Toys in Learning

    The Playful Path to Development: Encouraging Growth through Outdoor Toys in Learning

    Introduction: The Unending Joy of Play

    Children’s play is a universe of exploration, discovery, and learning. It’s a joyous journey that contributes significantly to their cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth. The potential of outdoor play is vast and can be maximised with playful aids like a trampoline or a mud kitchen, transforming our gardens into powerful playgrounds for a rich, well-rounded development.

    Outdoor Play: Unveiling Nature’s Classroom

    Outdoor play is akin to immersing children in a natural classroom, offering opportunities for implicit learning. Each playful throw of a ball demonstrates gravity, every social interaction subtly builds interpersonal skills, and all explorations spark curiosity, the foundation of life-long learning. Let’s delve into the multi-dimensional benefits of various outdoor toys and their role in children’s learning and development.

    A person jumping on a trampoline

    Trampolines: A Fun Path to Health and Learning

    The excitement of bouncing high on a trampoline transcends the boundaries of simple fun. The repeated high-energy jumping activity promotes cardiovascular health, enhances muscular strength, improves balance, and boosts overall coordination. Furthermore, the shifting experience of gravity with every jump offers an intuitive understanding of basic physics concepts, effectively combining learning with play.

    Mud Kitchens: The Marvel of Messy Play

    Engaging with a mud kitchen transports children to an enchanting world of sensory play and imaginative exploration. As they craft pretend meals and play with varying textures, they form a nascent understanding of different materials, unknowingly enhancing their cognitive development. Furthermore, the imaginative play that unfolds in these little chef corners stokes creativity and bolsters linguistic abilities.

    Sandboxes: Unleashing the Architect Within

    The humble sandbox, often underestimated, is a powerful tool for children’s development. As children dig, sift, pour, and construct, they fine-tune their fine motor skills and learn about spatial relations. Moreover, the act of creating sand structures encourages creativity and abstract thinking. Sharing the sandbox space with peers encourages collaborative play and negotiation skills and also fosters social-emotional development.

    Climbing Frames: Conquering Developmental Peaks

    Climbing frames are more than just playground structures; they are arenas of growth and learning. The physical act of climbing enhances muscular strength, agility, and coordination. More importantly, planning their path to the top helps children develop problem-solving skills and strategic thinking and builds their confidence.

    Swing Sets: The Joyful Journey of Learning

    Swing sets are a timeless favourite, providing both thrill and learning. As children sway on the swing, they improve their sense of balance and coordination. Moreover, this seemingly simple activity imparts an understanding of motion dynamics. Group swinging activities further foster cooperative play, teaching them to share and respect turns.

    Gardening Tools: The Green Path to Knowledge

    Introducing children to gardening has multi-faceted benefits. Handling tools like spades and watering cans helps them hone fine motor skills and coordination. Understanding the growth of plants over time teaches patience, responsibility, and the value of nurturing. It’s an engaging way to familiarise them with concepts of nature, biology and cultivate a sense of environmental stewardship.

    A child standing next to a wooden toy kitchen

    Conclusion: Embracing Development through Play

    Outdoor play is a stepping stone towards fostering holistic development in children. Turning our backyards into enriching playgrounds with toys like trampolines for physical health, mud kitchens for sensory play, sandboxes for creativity, climbing frames for cognitive development, swing sets for balance, and gardening tools for nature education can redefine their learning experience.

    This week, encourage your child to step outdoors and experience the thrill of a new play activity. The joy of their first successful bounce on a trampoline, the creativity in their muddy concoctions, their proud architectural creations in the sandbox, the sense of accomplishment when they reach the top of the climbing frame or the excitement of planting their first seed – these moments are invaluable in shaping their growth and development.

    As we foster these learning opportunities through play, we help children develop into well-rounded individuals equipped with a myriad of skills and a ceaseless curiosity for the world around them. Because when it comes to children, learning through play is the most natural and joyful path to development. Here is an article which talks about the learning boosts of child development through the outdoors.

  • Day two of learning to code with Scratch and Tigerboy.

    Day two of learning to code with Scratch and Tigerboy.

    Yesterday we got started on working our way through a Scratch tutorial book I picked up from the local library for sale shelf, How to code in 10 easy lessons.

    Today we’ve written a buzzer game. You use the arrow keys to turn your arrow around, and the space key to move. In mine anyway:

    Here’s Tigerboy’s.

    He coded this without looking at the code in the book in the time it took me to read the two pages. And then he came over and helped me figure out how to do the things that don’t quite work like the book says, as it’s a bit old, and Scratch has updated a version since then.

    I think he’s pretty good at coding. Hoping that I can help him move on to designing and then putting together code in something a bit more shareable than Scratch. Long term aim may be to write actual games, get Smallest to do graphics and NSSTeen to go the audio. Which would be a pretty cool evolution of our family home education.

  • Minecraft for good

    Have set up a tiltify so that I can fundraise for Battersea while figuring out minecraft (which I keep typing as micecraft) and streaming.

    There’s not much there yet, but coming soon…

    donate to Minecraft for the confused

    First things first, you have to buy minecraft. Beware, there are multiple versions. I’m reliably told that the java edition is what I needed so I headed to minecraft.net to buy that.

    (And then I had to fight with the website, which presented itself in Korean for no apparent reason, but I was successful, and now I own minecraft. You’ll need a microsoft account to buy it, and there is more weirdness if you’re under 18, but I’m not, so we’ll sail past that for now.)

    Once you’ve bought minecraft you have to download and install the launcher. Panic not if everything seems to vanish – there’s probably a little block somewhere down in your taskbar, go find it and click.

    You will then have to login with your microsoft account, and click play, and download a whole bunch more stuff.

    (I probably should have advised tea before you started all of this. I got tea, but then I’m used to setting up computer software.)

    ***

    A small interlude follows while I run around a minecraft world trying to work out what (NotSo)SmallTeen is doing, and doing it all badly and more slowly than him….

    (we should have been streaming. I think it would have been hilarious for anyone and everyone.)

    ***

    And now, dinner.

  • Charity shop board games – Ingenious, Set and Retsami

    Charity shop board games – Ingenious, Set and Retsami

    I have mentioned regularly on social media how dedicated I am to charity shops. We’re fortunate to have around 10 in relatively easy walking distance, and I visit them a couple of times a week. As well as books and clothing, I look carefully at their games, craft and kids sections. Recently I’ve picked up several good board games, and I thought it might be worth sharing a quick review to try to get me back into blogging.

    Most recent purchase was Ingenious from Green Board Games. Bought for the princely sum of £2 in Basic Life Charity, and available for your delight and delectation from a number of sellers on Ebay (affiliate link).

    I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this played before, possibly at a home ed camp? We didn’t have it though, so I was very happy to see it. My experience with board games is that Green Board Games are a good brand, and I don’t think we’ve had any from there we’ve strongly disliked.

    Ingenious board game on stack with books

    In play, it borrows from dominos. But the pieces are two hexagons on a tile, and the board has hexagon places. You score by counting up the straight lines leading from where you’ve laid your tile, and across the different colours or shapes as the game continues. A nice twist is that your finishing score is actually taken from your weakest score across the shapes, meaning that you have to strategise to play all the colours as you go. Game is for 2-4 players and there’s a team variant, so plenty of ways to involve the whole family.

    ingenious tiles close up with board game in background

    At some point recently also picked up a new copy of an old favourite. Many years ago I set up a coop to buy Set in the US and distribute it to families around the country. I think now you can probably buy it on Amazon, though this was the first time I’ve ever seen it in a charity shop. As I’ve no idea where our old copy went, I was pleased to grab a new one, and it’s been played several times since, including at a home ed group session. Again on Ebay, although most of the copies are in the US I’m afraid.

    Set, The family game of visual perception

    This can be played as a group or as a patience game, and the idea is you have to find the sets. Each attribute must be either all the same, or all different, so you could have all cards with one shape on them, all purple, all solid, but then they’d have to be one of each of the three different shapes. It’s a lot harder to explain than it is to demonstrate.

    set game in action

    The final game of this review was one completely new to me. Retsami appears to have been designed by someone relatively local to us, but I couldn’t find out much about it. It’s played on a chequered playing board, with pieces not dissimilar to draughts. But there’s also a square spiral that marks the board, and you’re trying to get a piece to the centre. You can be taken by opponents pieces that are behind you, along any straight line, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. There are a few copies of this one on Ebay.

    Retsami pieces and board

    I might go find the game and get a picture and add it in, as I’m not sure that explanation is doing it much justice.

    I think it’s a game with definite potential, but Tigerboy didn’t really cotton on, and didn’t want to play again, so I’ll have to find another opponent. Or bribe him. Whichever.

    So there you go, three charity shop games that have been varying success. Do you use charity shops and have any games you’d recommend I should keep an eye out for?

Home Education by Age and Special Interests

Explore our collection of activities, ideas, and resources tailored for different ages and learning adventures. From sensory play with toddlers to exam preparation with teenagers, plus our special passion for living Tudor history at Kentwell Hall.

Early Years Home Education (Ages 0-5)

The magic of early learning happens through play, exploration, and following your child’s natural curiosity. These formative years are about creating rich environments where learning flows naturally through everyday adventures – no formal lessons required, just lots of wonder and discovery together.

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Primary Years Home Education (Ages 6-11)

Primary years bring the perfect balance of hands-on exploration and gentle structure. This is when children’s natural curiosity flourishes through exciting projects, real-world adventures, and discovering that learning can be joyful. We focus on building confidence alongside skills, always following their interests and enthusiasm.

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Secondary Years Home Education (Ages 12-18)

The secondary years mark an exciting shift towards independence and deeper learning. Teenagers thrive when given ownership of their education journey, whether pursuing exam routes, exploring passion projects, or preparing for life beyond home ed. It’s about mentoring rather than directing, supporting their growing autonomy while staying connected to their goals.

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Kentwell Hall Tudor Recreation Adventures

For over 15 years, our family has immersed ourselves in living Tudor history at Kentwell Hall’s extraordinary recreations. These aren’t just visits – they’re transformative learning experiences where children don’t just study history, they live it. From churning butter in period costume to speaking Tudor English, these adventures have shaped our understanding of bringing learning to vivid life.

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