Interest-Led Learning

The purpose of interest-led learning is to allow homeschoolers to follow an interest; valuing the interest as a school-worthy subject. It doesn't matter whether it's a region of the world,…

Skillshare for Home-Ed

If your homeschoolers enjoy learning independently or choosing courses to study, especially if they're interested in creative/expressive subjects such as art, music or computing, there is probably a Skillshare course…

How many strings does a piano have?

'I'm not sure - let's find out' Using a kid's questions to drive lessons is an easy way to get them engaged with learning. There's no such thing as a…

Lesson Planning: Joy of Museums

Joy of Museums isn't just a great site for finding museums to visit as virtual school trips, it's a fantastic homeschool resource. The website fantastic pages like this Ancient and…

The National History Museum (London)

The website of the London National History Museum is an incredible resource for home educators. It's a website that's as easy to navigate around as a museum is to walk…

What to include in a school project?

Project-based work is also a good way to encourage homeschoolers to engage in interest-based, self-directed learning. Setting project-based school work allows home educators to give home-ed pupils open-ended studies of…

Virtual School Trips

There is nothing to compare with the experience of physically visiting galleries and museums with your homeschooled children, but sometimes it's just not possible. If you aren’t able to visit…

How to Turn Anything into a Homeschool Lesson

When you start home educating, everything becomes a possible lesson resource. Lesson resources can be found in newspapers and articles, on posters and in tv shows, in films and nature,…