We have been homeschooling for a few months now and we are using a topic-based style (unit study). We are currently studying pets as our topic and as there are so many different pets to study, I asked FJ to think of three that she would like to study in more detail. FJ choose dogs, […]
Our home school There are many different ways to home educate your child, every family is different. We have been homeschooling for a few months now, so I thought that I would share with you a bit more information about the style of learning which we are using. Our situation FJ is currently eleven and […]
As a mum who is home educating my 11-year-old daughter using a topic based (unit study) style of learning, I enjoy putting together ideas for topics to study. We are currently studying pets but as there are so many different animals under the umbrella of pets, I asked FJ to pick three to study in […]
Here are some ideas for a mini topic on dogs. We are currently learning about pets for our home school, but as there are so many, I asked FJ to pick three to study in more detail and one of the three was dogs. Ideas Cook dog themed cakes (Cooking) Make salt dough paw decorations […]
So you have made the big decision to home educate your child and you may now be wondering what to do next and it can feel very overwhelming. As law and policy in the UK are constantly changing, the information in this post is correct at the time of writing (April 2019). Fist steps If […]
We had so much fun learning about emotions as our first topic in our home school. I think that we did almost all of the ideas from the list I wrote – 13 Emotions lesson ideas. As it was our first topic we took longer than I will normally spend on a topic, as I think […]
As we are in the early stages of our home education journey, I have realised how difficult it can be for parents to find ideas and work out where to start. Therefore I thought that I would share some of the ideas that we have found or ideas of our own, about each topic which we […]
Another of this year’s big changes is that I have recently started to home educate FJ who will be 11 next week. This was not a decision made lightly, it was something that I had considered for a long time. History LJ and CJ both enjoyed attending primary school for the most part and they […]