There is no training course for home education. That’s the freedom and the doubt-feeder of educating your own children: no one but them will tell you whether you were capable of doing so. There’s no guarantee. The same is true of school, but the norm is not to question that which makes doing so harder….
To deregister a child from school in England or Wales, parents write a letter to the headteacher stating they are withdrawing their child to provide education otherwise than at school. No permission is required, no reasons need to be given, and the school cannot refuse. Once the letter is received, the school must remove the…
The Conversational Curriculum There’s a kind of lesson most of us had once, maybe twice a month if we were lucky. A teacher who asked a question and then actually waited for the answer. Who followed the conversation where it went instead of steering it back to the textbook. Who made you feel, for forty…
Deschooling gives your child the chance to recalibrate and rediscover a love of learning before starting home education.
Homeschooling and home education – aren’t they the same thing? Well, yes…and also, not.
Study weeks are similar to the idea of ‘deschooling’; the process of taking a break from formalised teaching/learning. Deschooling is intended to re-spark a joy for learning and study weeks work the same.