So… you have decided that you want to homeschool. You have chosen the curriculum, set up a sound routine. You are up and running, children are producing tonnes of work in different forms: workbooks, letters, pictures, projects, experiments. And you start wondering – what about all this staff? Do I need to keep everything? Do …
What if I can’t home educate?
Homeschooling is a great thing. The list of advantages it offers is undoubtedly long, but it would not be true to say that everyone should take their children out of school and start teaching them at home. And there are many reasons for that but I will focus here on one that I hear most …
Curriculum – shall we follow it or not?
Curriculum in simple words is the content of a course of study. It is a plan of activities that serves to guide towards a learning outcomes. National curriculum is set by the government to be implemented in all schools to all children at the same time in their school life. Because of this it is …
A little bit on disadvantages and how to stay motivated
I love home-schooling. I’ve never looked back at my choice to de-register boys from school roll. But it doesn’t mean that it’s all rosy. It has its disadvantages which you should consider when making your decision. Just to start on a positive note most parents who decided to educate at home say that the advantages …
Education is compulsory, school is not
What exactly is home education? You could say that the name itself indicates the definition – it is education that takes place at home, outside of school. A situation in which parents decide to educate their children without sending them to school. And in England it is very simple. Legalities Education Act of 1996, Section …