Books We Are Loving: September 2021
Autobiographic graphic novels, and adventures with African myths, witches, magic, and motels.
Author: Katie Hanrott
REMINDER – HOME ED KIDS AND THE FLU VACCINE (and other vaccinations you might not know about)
Reminder – If you want to have your children vaccinated against the likeliest strains of flu this winter, ring up your GP and book an appointment to get them vaccinated. Also information on other vaccines that school kids get offered that you need to ask your GP for.
(This is not an invitation to debate.)
Interesting Stuff – June/July 2021
Unit studies on Pride, and Giraffes, ebooks on art materials, art and craft ideas, and a great opportunity for Home Edders in Bristol.
HOMEEDVOICESPODCAST – EP 34 MINI EPISODE: Transitioning Out of Trauma
We now have a shared collective trauma. This is how I see the effects of trauma every day. But how do we heal and move forward from here? Share your narratives.
HOME ED VOICES PODCAST – EP33 Jay Byrd from BeanLearning.com
This week I’m chatting with Jay Byrd from @beanlearning. We talk about what it’s like being a second generation home educator and home education in the UK in the 90’s. Jay tells us about her passion for project based learning and gentle parenting, and we talk about Bean Learning, which offers UK based online video groups and classes for home educated children and home educating adults.
HOMEEDVOICESPODCAST – EP 32 Naomi Fisher: Clinical Psycologist, Home Ed Parent and Author of Changing Our Minds
This week I’m chatting with Naomi Fisher, the author of Changing Our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of Their Own Learning. We talk about how home educated children related to their peers, the long process of deschooling, internal and external motivation, and supporting ADHD and autism in the home educating community.
Books We Are Loving – March 2021
100 amazing things about the planet we live on, how to grow things, dragons, Greek Gods and a novel based on cave art that you didn’t see coming.
HomeEdVoicesPodcast – Ep 31 Mini Episode: You Are Smart Enough to Home Educate
There are definite barriers to home education, (needing to work outside the home to pay the bills, especially for single parent families, co-parenting with someone who refuses to support home education etc) but a lack of qualifications is not one of them.
HOME ED VOICES PODCAST – (SEASON 3) EPISODE 30 Mini Episode: “DON’T OVER PLAN THE FUN STUFF, (AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD.)”
Over planning things that sound good but you won’t actually do, is a waste of time and makes you feel bad. (Ask me how I know this…) Here’s what I suggest you do instead.