Category: Homeschooling
Deschooling: What It Means and How Long It Takes
If your child has come out of school to start learning at home, you may have heard the term deschooling. It describes the period of transition — mental,…
Understanding Your Child’s Learning Style
Home education gives families an unusual freedom: you can genuinely tailor learning to how your child thinks. One of the most useful things you can do early on…
How to Teach Reading at Home: A Phonics-First Approach
Reading is the foundation of all academic learning, and teaching it at home gives you the flexibility to move at your child’s pace and address gaps as soon…
How to Teach Writing at Home: From Sentences to Essays
Writing is one of the most demanding academic skills to teach because it combines mechanics, thinking, and expression all at once. The good news is that when you…
Play-Based Learning: How to Make the Most of It at Home
One of the most common questions home educators ask is how to help their children learn through play without feeling like they are simply “messing about.” The good…
The Benefits of Mixed-Age Contact in Home Education
Children who are home educated have more contact with people of different ages than almost any other group. They attend activities with mixed-age groups, spend time with grandparents…
Audio Learning: A Powerful Path for All Children
For children who find sitting still and reading difficult, or who have learning differences that make traditional print-based learning a struggle, audio-based learning opens up the full range…
Practical Life Skills as Part of Your Home Education
Children who grow up in home educating families often have significant contact with the adult world — they go shopping, join meetings, overhear conversations, and work alongside parents…
How to Get the Most From Your Public Library as a Home Educator
Libraries are one of the most underused resources available to home educating families. They offer free access to books, audiobooks, films, research databases, and — increasingly — events…
How to Handle Difficult Days in Home Education
One of the most common questions home educating families face is how to handle the days when nothing seems to work. The child refuses to engage, you are…
Home Educating Teenagers: What Changes and What Works
Home educating a child through the teenage years is a different experience from educating younger children — in ways that are both more challenging and, often, more rewarding.…
The Value of Unstructured Time in Home Education
Children who home educate often have significantly more unstructured time than their school-going peers. This is genuinely valuable — but it can also become a source of anxiety…