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Why we home educate in the holidays

30th July 2018 by Jax Blunt 9 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Why we home educate in the holidays

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: curriculum, home education, home schooling, learn nothing day, resources, Sandra Dodd, unschooling

Brief reason for home education.

11th July 2018 by Jax Blunt 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...] about Brief reason for home education.

Filed Under: home education review, how we do it, It's where it is Tagged With: autonmous education, home education, home education consultation, home schooling, unschooling

Home education in the headlines, and on the radio

5th September 2017 by Jax Blunt 16 Comments

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

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: blogtember, home education, home schooling, Iain Dale, LBC

100 ways to home educate – launching a blog hop.

6th February 2017 by Jax Blunt 5 Comments

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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 … [Read more...] about 100 ways to home educate – launching a blog hop.

Filed Under: how we do it Tagged With: 100daysofhomeed, 100waysofhomeed, autonomous, child led, home education, home schooling, unschooling

On buying home education curriculum resources.

6th January 2017 by Jax Blunt 4 Comments

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.

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: curriculum, home education, home schooling, resources, the book people

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