Freedom From School
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 […]
Firstly I’d like to say that exams are not compulsory or necessary, there are many ways to do life and the regular school system is just one of them. Should the child (or parent) feel they need paper qualifications similar to regular school leavers, there are ways. So how do homeschooled kids sit exams? Here […]
How to make friends if homeschooled ? Well, let’s talk about that. My kids have been homeschooled their whole lives and are now teenagers, so we have much to tell. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
