Sep 13, 2023 | Coaching, diet, exercise, family, fun, goals, gratitude, health, home education, my journey, parenting, tools and models, wellbeing
Like many parents new to home education, at first, I created a lovely colour-coded timetable, the kind of thing you’d be given at school. It didn’t take long to realise that the kind of kids and families who are better suited to home education aren’t always so great...
Jun 28, 2023 | Coaching, home education, my journey, wellbeing
When I was making the decision to take Oscar out of school for the sake of his mental health – and the fact that it was affecting his ability to learn, I asked myself why he was at school. The answer certainly wasn’t to learn or even to learn to learn, and if it...
May 3, 2023 | gratitude, home education, mindfulness, my journey, parenting, play, wellbeing
Forest School has been our lifeline in home education. My son volunteers at one forest school session a week with pre-school children. It’s given him so much more confidence and shown me that he could have a future career in forest school, childcare, or the...
Mar 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, health, home education, my journey, parenting
It’s was a long battle, but in January we received the news that Oscar will be getting an Educational Health Care Plan. I’m not big on labels, but this feels huge to me. It’s justification that we were right to take him out of school. It’s justification for me to find...
Feb 22, 2023 | Coaching, family, home education, parenting
“I’m not doing enough.” This is the main worry I hear from other home educators. It takes time to adjust your expectations of home education and realise you don’t need to fit in with any school curriculum any more. There’s no need to compare what you’re doing to what...
