Advice on Transitioning to Homeschooling: Pros, Cons, and Starting Points
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formerly_a_saul
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There is so much help and advice out there. Do sims serious research and then make the right decision for your family.
This is probably the worst place to ask!
Join some home Ed groups (there’s been lots mentioned and tagged) and ask there from people who actually home Ed.
We really enjoy it. It suits our lifestyle. I have 4 at home so it’s completely doable with multiple children. They’re social butterflies and complete extroverts. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t live in a cave!
Join some home Ed groups (there’s been lots mentioned and tagged) and ask there from people who actually home Ed.
We really enjoy it. It suits our lifestyle. I have 4 at home so it’s completely doable with multiple children. They’re social butterflies and complete extroverts. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t live in a cave!
@johnboris I agree, some of the attitudes towards home educating I’ve seen on this page are awful.
Definitely join the home Ed groups where knowledgeable people will be able to advise you.
Definitely join the home Ed groups where knowledgeable people will be able to advise you.
@callistus I second this too! X
ilovethelord4564564
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Hi Nicola, I home educate my two and it’s the best choice I’ve ever made. It works beautifully for us as a family and my children are happy and thriving. There are so many ways of home educating, you can do it yourself, you can have tutors, you can book online lessons and even online schools.
I highly recommend finding your local home Ed groups and meeting other home Ed families, have a chat and see what is available socially around you. We have loads of groups and activities we regularly access in our area and that is very important. Join as many Home Ed FB pages as you can. Good luck
I highly recommend finding your local home Ed groups and meeting other home Ed families, have a chat and see what is available socially around you. We have loads of groups and activities we regularly access in our area and that is very important. Join as many Home Ed FB pages as you can. Good luck
Why do u want to home educate them. Is it because they are having problems at school or just something you want to do. If they are happy then leave them in school. I done it for three years biggest mistake ever. Although I had a good reason for doing it, my son went back to school in year 10 now in year 11 and unable to take any GCSEs due to not having done the work that’s in the exams. Which now means he can’t get into college.
@johnboris he has asd and struggles with learning , but yes school hasn’t helped him, which now means he can’t go to college.
I couldn't do it myself 
however there's so much support out there for home Ed kids. There's local group meet ups, places have sessions just for home Ed kids example gymnastics. You can also travel and do face to face experience, you can literally go anywhere and the kids can still learn something 
however there's so much support out there for home Ed kids. There's local group meet ups, places have sessions just for home Ed kids example gymnastics. You can also travel and do face to face experience, you can literally go anywhere and the kids can still learn something military_man
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Join Home education groups.
It was the best thing I did for my kids. They only went to nursery and school for a year. 13 years ago.
We are at the end now as my 2 are off to uni
It was the best thing I did for my kids. They only went to nursery and school for a year. 13 years ago.
We are at the end now as my 2 are off to uni
pentegirl1126
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1. Are your kids unhappy at school? Would they thrive more being away from other kids?
2. Are you willing to become an educator? It requires some amazing skills and organisation. More than most jobs out there.
School is so much more than "learning stuff" in lessons...you learn how to use time efficiently, self-discipline, you learn to listen, to take notes, to think critically, to share your ideas in front of others, you learn how to make new friends, how to deal with current friends, how to deal with friends behaving like A-holes... you learn to stand out from the crowd, or blend in...school environments offer lots of opportunities to build your character and basically figure out what type of person you are, or want to be, or don't want to be in this world!
A guy called Jim Rohn once said "you are the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with"
Meaning, whoever surrounds you throughout your life shapes you.
For me, I would like my children to be exposed to as many other souls and humans as possible, and not spend their childhood and teenage years stuck with me and their siblings (as much as I love them and have to offer to them)
2. Are you willing to become an educator? It requires some amazing skills and organisation. More than most jobs out there.
School is so much more than "learning stuff" in lessons...you learn how to use time efficiently, self-discipline, you learn to listen, to take notes, to think critically, to share your ideas in front of others, you learn how to make new friends, how to deal with current friends, how to deal with friends behaving like A-holes... you learn to stand out from the crowd, or blend in...school environments offer lots of opportunities to build your character and basically figure out what type of person you are, or want to be, or don't want to be in this world!
A guy called Jim Rohn once said "you are the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with"
Meaning, whoever surrounds you throughout your life shapes you.
For me, I would like my children to be exposed to as many other souls and humans as possible, and not spend their childhood and teenage years stuck with me and their siblings (as much as I love them and have to offer to them
)sarah92083
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@pentegirl1126 and home Ed offers all the things you’ve mentioned about school. Would they thrive more being away from other kids? Why would they be away from other kids? Home Ed isn’t about sitting at home in isolation, it’s about experiencing the real world and people in it whilst learning. Home educated children usually have a wider group of friends than school children do…
@pentegirl1126 oh gosh, your comments made me chuckle " I would like my children to be exposed to as many souls and humans as possible" bla bla .
Do you honestly think that H.E children sit in doors glued to our Apron strings lol. If anything it's a struggle to be at home with so many social,and learning opportunities out in the community , what a funny thing to say lol
Do you honestly think that H.E children sit in doors glued to our Apron strings lol. If anything it's a struggle to be at home with so many social,and learning opportunities out in the community , what a funny thing to say lol
military_man
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Aurélie de Londres. I loved Home education because we travelled all over the UK with many many groups of other Home educated friends of all ages. They went to various groups, sessions, forest schools every day with loads of kids of various ages. My kids actually chose their friends through mutual interests rather then because
They were forced to be with kids of the same age group, from the same area, in the same locked building, in the same room, with the same clothes on day in day out for years of their lives.
Some of these answers from people with absolute zero clue what home education is
They were forced to be with kids of the same age group, from the same area, in the same locked building, in the same room, with the same clothes on day in day out for years of their lives.
Some of these answers from people with absolute zero clue what home education is
pentegirl1126
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@military_man if done properly this is what home ed should look like yes... but is it really the experience of most home-educated kids I'm not so sure
pentegirl1126
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pentegirl1126
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the lady in the OP at some point I think mentioned online classes, staying home with the kids and private tutoring... so I was reacting to HER idea of home education.
Of course travelling around and getting into many clubs and hobbies whilst making a lot of new friends changes everything and is indeed a richer way to grow for a child. But is it what most people offer their home-educated child? She has 4 of them... will she realistically offer each one of them the appropriate level of challenge and variety of activities that a specialised teacher would?
I'm a teacher, but I would feel unable to offer the same level of learning to my children as other children will get from school. And yes I do worry about GCSEs, A-Levels, etc. as it is simply the way of the world we live in. I would rather nobody gets tested but...I don't make the rules.
By the way...what an antagonistic, slightly passive-aggressive attitude some home-educating parents can have, reading through this thread! I wonder if the laughing emojis and snide comments hide a bigger trauma and general guilt... you guys need to act a bit more chill when someone voices a different view than yours, I do hope it's not the example you give your children in your education settings.
Of course travelling around and getting into many clubs and hobbies whilst making a lot of new friends changes everything and is indeed a richer way to grow for a child. But is it what most people offer their home-educated child? She has 4 of them... will she realistically offer each one of them the appropriate level of challenge and variety of activities that a specialised teacher would?
I'm a teacher, but I would feel unable to offer the same level of learning to my children as other children will get from school. And yes I do worry about GCSEs, A-Levels, etc. as it is simply the way of the world we live in.
I would rather nobody gets tested but...I don't make the rules.By the way...what an antagonistic, slightly passive-aggressive attitude some home-educating parents can have, reading through this thread! I wonder if the laughing emojis and snide comments hide a bigger trauma and general guilt... you guys need to act a bit more chill when someone voices a different view than yours, I do hope it's not the example you give your children in your education settings.