Welcome to Homeschool Group Hug. My family is predominantly learning from life and I want to support you on your home schooling mission. In Australia we were classed as homeschoolers, maybe as unschoolers, in the UK I'm called a home educator. We are also worldschoolers. I really don't care what label anyone wants to put on us, the important part is, we're free of school. Sometimes we're free of work, too, and we're all learning from … read more
There is An Alternative to School – Don’t Tell the Kids !
We hear it so, so often. If we get chatting to parents of school system kids they'll either tell us that they couldn't homeschool or they'll say " Don't tell my child or she'll want to leave." We hear how children hate school and would far rather be doing something else. But they have to stick it out, they have to stay with the system until the system is done with them. It's great to hear from parents that they acknowledge that their children hate school, I love that, it's a step in the right direction. So many don't. But just as the … [Read More...]
Why We Didn’t Opt Out of School ( Reasons to Homeschool)
Hi, good morning from a rainy Romania. Occasional wet days are a great excuse to stay in and write blog posts so I want to explain today why we opted out of school and why we opted out of normal, or rather why we didn't. It's something that's been on my mind since Jessica wrote this fabulous posts about grandparents and their support, or negativity towards, alternative lifestyles. It's mostly about travel, but translates well into homeschooling, unschooling or worldschooling families. There are assumptions about reasons to homeschool, … [Read More...]
My 7 Year Old Can’t Read
Hi, glad you're here, my 7-year-old can't read either. In fact, go back a couple of years and my first 7-year-old couldn't read. It seems to be an epidemic, this non-reading 7-year-old thing, and it seems to worry mums of 6 year olds and 8 year olds too. I'm here to make you feel better and maybe help you help your child to learn to read. Why Can't These Children Read? Child 1 was in school and couldn't read in year 2. So bad was his literacy that he wasn't doing any maths through total inability to read the questions. Child 2 has been … [Read More...]
Homeschool Geography Resources For Fun Learning
My home is stuffed with homeschool geography resources, we travel a lot, so we have books, photo albums, memorabilia and trinkets from every corner of the globe. The children have grown up immersed in talk of Asia and South America, there is an illustrated map of Tibet on the wall and they know all about my love of the Himalayas. But what can you, as a homeschooling parent, buy or obtain for free to help your children learn geography? We review some of the best geography toys, games, books and online resources available in 2019. We've … [Read More...]
Socialisation & How to Make Friends if Homeschooled
Making friends and social interaction are not really the same thing as that grand word " socialisation" ( Insert socialization if you're American). But a lot of people don't know that. The process of socialisation is that of acquiring the beliefs and behaviours of your community, it is becoming socially acceptable. Rubbing the rough corners off and conforming. It's not just hanging out with your mates. But still people like to ask " What about socialisation?" It's never happened to me or my kids, but I hear they do, … [Read More...]
New Homeschooler Mistakes I Made
My elder son is 13, the younger 11 and they're doing great on life. One went to school briefly the other never, so we've been doing this homeschooling thing for a long time. Every new homeschooling parent learns as they go along and I was no exception. So here for you, are my new homeschooler mistakes to help you not make them. New Homeschooler Mistakes Not to Make Too Many Activities I signed them up for tennis lessons, drama classes and swimming lessons as soon as I was able. Not much by many standards but I did it purely … [Read More...]
Photography Courses for Kids and Beginners and Learning About Photography
Photography is a wonderful thing for your kids to learn, all kids, not just homeschoolers. Photography courses can get you started quickly on your road to mastering the art and science of photography, as a hobby, as a job skill or as a business tool. In this post we look at free photography course, other resources for budding photographers, cameras for starting in photography, resources for studying photograhy and what other gear new photographers may need. You can write up your child's photographic endeavours into your homeschool reporting … [Read More...]