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 […]
Free Courses for Homeschoolers
For days now I’ve had a post about free photography courses and resources for homescholers almost ready to publish, but technical glitches are sadly keeping that one in draft mode. It’s been a bad week on my websites, the homeschooling one and all the others, so I thought today I’d tell you about the marine […]
Homeschooling London. Our Day
A long time ago I wrote a post called What Does a Homeschool Day Look Like. It’s over on our other blog, World Travel Family, and is enormously popular. The homeschooling posts are always popular, so thank YOU for reading, liking and sharing. I thought it would be nice to share a homeschooling day, or […]
8 Positives of Homeschooling
A listicle, on the positives of homeschooling – that we have found through our own experiences. This isn’t one of those posts that trots off the standard benefits. The usual positives of homeschool are tailored learning, physical freedom, better socialisation, along with family togetherness. This is us, these are the positives we’ve found. Homeschooling is […]
Homeschool Workbooks
Homeschool workbooks have been our favourite way to formally educate the children, right from kindergarten to high school. That’s my favourite way and the kids’ favourite way. Workbooks allow mom to be a little bit hands-off sometimes, the heavy work is done already and we moms may just be able to cook lunch while the […]
We’re Homeschoolers, We Don’t Do Times Tables
A month ago we were summering in Richmond Upon Thames, London and my two boys were spending a lot of time with the two boys downstairs. As they discussed the finer points of Pokemon Go in the garden below my window, I overheard the conversation below. This is a post about how we, as homeschoolers, […]
Teaching Kids About Islam
Teaching children about all world religions is the key to understanding the world, its history and the way things are today. These days the media presents us with a very warped image of Islam and there are far too many misunderstandings and prejudices stemming from ignorance. If we all took the time to learn a […]
Australian Homeschoolers: Tamara Homeschooling in New South Wales
Tamara in an Australian homeschooling mum and former teacher. Tamara is Homeschooling in New South Wales. Welcome to another interview in our “Meet The Homeschoolers” series. This is where we try to present the diverse reasons, methods and families behind homeschooling to encourage and support everyone in the homeschooling community. Tamara is a prominent Australian […]
Make Homeschooling Fun
It is vitally important that you make homeschooling fun for your kids, if it’s not, your family’s educational journey will be a hard one, filled with resentment and frustrations. Always remember that you are mum ( or dad), educational facilitator, not teacher, there is no requirement at all for you to teach your kids. If […]
Homeschooling Sucks Sometimes
If you’re new to homeschooling, I want to reassure you that you’re not the only one having bad days. Things go wrong, it all gets too much, the kids won’t cooperate and nerves get frazzled. On those days homeschooling sucks bigtime. I’ve been homeschooling a long time. The boys are 11 and 9 now and […]
Homeschooling in Thailand. An American Expat Educator Tells Us How
Sara’s family are homeschooling in Thailand. Sara is our first American homeschool interviewee and our third teacher. It really is incredible how many teachers don’t send their children to school. I found Sara’s answers fascinating, not only does she home school in Thailand, but hers is by far the most traditional, or school-at-home, family that I’ve talked to. […]
Homeschooling a 12 Year Old
My elder child was 12 last week. It’s not one of the big milestones, he didn’t become a teen and didn’t pass from junior school to high school, but he’s changed so much I thought I’d tell you about it. Homeschooling a 12 year old is very different to homeschooling an 11, 10, or, obviously, […]
There is No Right Way to Homeschool
The right way to homeschool doesn’t exist in that there is no, one, definitive right way. You can consider yourself a homeschooler, unschooler, worldschooler or home educator and I’ll bet you won’t find another family doing it the same way as you. This week we’ve been staying with and visiting 3 other homeschooling families, in […]
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 […]
How To Start a Homeschool Blog
You can start a homeschool blog right now, for free. Or you can invest a few dollars and start a homeschool blog that will make you money from home. In starting a homeschool blog, first, consider your purpose. Is this blog for pleasure and record-keeping, or will it be a business and income stream? How […]
Homeschooling Quotes (& Captions to Use)
Homeschooling quotes can be funny, inspirational, uplifting or just fun. We use homeschool quotes and captions on Instagram, Facebook, on all Social Media platforms to share with friends and followers and convey our message. We want positive homeschool quotes, to show how great homeschooling is. Of course there are some negative homeschooling quotes too, we […]
Homeschooling Pros and Cons
Homeschooling pros and cons, honestly. Families homeschool for many good reasons, but there are negatives to our way of educating and raising kids. Seeing those negatives, the cons, as big or small totally depends on you, your lifestyle, your finances, your needs, and your kids’ personalities. Before choosing homeschooling for your family (and it has […]
How to Make Friends if Homeschooled
How to make friends if you are homeschooled? It shouldn’t be difficult for homeschooled kids and teens to meet plenty of people and find friendship outside school. After all, isn’t that what adults do? Let’s talk about making new friends for homeschoolers. My kids have been homeschooled their whole lives and are now teenagers, so […]
Homeschool Resources
This page is the hub of our website for finding homeschool resources. We have posts on this site detailing homeschool science resources, geography resources and so on. Below we also give you some useful links to online learning resources, curriculum, supplies, and books. If you can’t find the resource or topic you need below, do […]
Best Educational Sites, Tulsa USA
Tulsa is a hidden gem in Green Country, which is the northeast corner of Oklahoma. It is known for its mild climate and beautiful scenery. Tulsa was named America’s Most Beautiful City by Time magazine in the 1950s and you can see why! Tulsa is not just beautiful it is also a great spot for […]
Kitchen Science. Fun Science Ideas at Home!
Most of us have a kitchen of some sort, right? Well, you can use your kitchen to teach your kids science every day. I don’t mean lecturing them, making notes and doing experiments that have to be written up. Just talk to them, constantly, about what is going on right in front of them, all […]
School is the Worst Place to Get an Education
Deep thought is something I suffer from, often the 3 am lying awake variety. This morning’s episode brought me to an idea that I felt big enough to share. I apologise if somebody, somewhere has said this same thing before with figures, statistics and research. It’s new to me, and I hope to you. My […]
5 Reasons Not to Send Your Child to School
When my son was just four years old I dropped him off at school for the first time. It hurt both of us. But that’s what you have to do, children need to get an education and school is where education happens. Teachers facilitate that education and education is the purpose of school. If you […]
Homeschool Science
Homeschool Science Some potential homeschoolers are put off before they even start by the idea that you can’t teach science in a homeschool environment, without a school laboratory. This is yet another of those silly myths about homeschooling. You can teach science at home, it’s not so hard. My homeschooled kids went on to sit […]
