A Weekly Home-Ed Folder
Weekley folders help homeschooled kids become autonomous leaners: Learning to manage their time, meet deadlines, and find a way of learning that makes them happy.
Planning a Homeschool Curriculum: What? Why? How?
Planning a homeschool curriculum is the first step to successful home education. What will home learners study? Why are they studying what? How will that learning be facilitated? Each new...
Writing Lessons for Home Education
Whatever else is on our homeschool schedule for the day, daily reading and writing practice is a non-negotiable. Reading and writing are the keys to literacy, and no matter which...
Tips for Left-Handed Homeschoolers
Left-handed learners often find writing more of a struggle than right-handed peers. Holding a pencil and writing can be uncomfortable, words smudge easier and it can be hard for learners...
An offline/online Midjourney AI lesson
If it’s your homeschooler’s first time using an AI generator of any kind, explain what a prompt is – a translation of sorts between ‘human language’ and ‘AI language’: The...
Computers & Coding
Computer literacy is as important for students graduating today as handwriting is. The earlier children start learning how to use computers, the better. Being confident and efficient when using a...
When toddlers just want to join in…
Plan as you might, some days toddlers just won’t get with the programme. It’s not always easy home educating older siblings with toddlers around but there are some ways to...
Interest-Led Learning
The purpose of project or interest-led learning is to allow homeschoolers to follow an interest and valuing the interest as a school-worthy subject.
Marmalade Day School
Marmalade Day is one of the best days of the homeschool year. When oranges appear in the markets in early winter everyone gets excited for marmalade day. With Paddington Bear the movie(s) in...
Grab-and-Go Lessons
A grab-and-go lesson is just that.. a lesson you don’t need to think about because it’s ready to be picked up and learnt; lessons that can act as a filler...