I tweeted the other day about how Tigerboy was enjoying a trial on Doodlemaths and someone replied to ask if that meant we didn't have holidays. And the honest answer is, we don't, really. Over the years, we've drifted from a more structured home education approach with some very obvious curriculum … [Read more...] about Why we home educate in the holidays
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Brief reason for home education.
Today in the post I got a form from college - additional information for home educated students. There was a little box headed up "brief reason for home education". Brief? You want me to summarise how we came to home education briefly? There were a couple of years of research that spun off reading I … [Read more...] about Brief reason for home education.
Home education in the headlines, and on the radio
There were a number of negative headlines around home education (or homeschooling as some parts of the media will insist on calling it) following a counter terrorism speech by a senior police officer in which he mentioned the possibility of homeschooling (yes, I know) being a possible contributory … [Read more...] about Home education in the headlines, and on the radio
100 ways to home educate – launching a blog hop.
It's Monday morning, and all over the country children aged from 3 or 4 upwards are heading to nursery, school, college, what have you. Education, after all, is compulsory. There are lots of different schools out there. Mainstream, special, private, academies, and lots of different ways of educating … [Read more...] about 100 ways to home educate – launching a blog hop.
On buying home education curriculum resources.
I've been quite proud that despite the fact we've got piles of curriculum style resources around the house, Smallest and Tigerboy have largely been unschooled so far. However, right at the moment I'm a little concerned with how screen focused they are both getting, and I want to do something about … [Read more...] about On buying home education curriculum resources.