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If you are looking for a new way to encourage your child in creative writing, I encourage you to check out zoomwriters – it’s an online writing club run by [...]
Our daughter Katie-Grace was having a tough time before COVID hit, with emotional bullying from her class mates. It was never ending, especially going into lockdown when everything went online, [...]
This is a full Christian curriculum in a box. You can mix and match to suit your family. It is a bible based literature rich curriculum which can be used [...]
My daughters love audio books and I love seeing their imaginations expand as they listen. One thing they love to do is paint, or draw, whilst listening to their latest [...]
We have been using Dreaming Spires since 2018, our 4 older teens have done a number of different English courses as well as Spanish and a couple of the summer [...]
The Alice Refreshing to read. Everytime. Want to know what a day in the life of unschooling looks like? Then check out Stacey Piercey’s, The Alice. The Alice is like [...]
This is one of the most engaging and well written books on self-directed education that I have read – and I’ve read quite a number! I really enjoyed the emphasis [...]
We have made use of Groundmark Learning for several years. They are based in Leamington Spa and Coventry, so my children used to go to Ian Richards (founder) for maths. [...]
Where we aim to be self directed in our kids learning there are a few basics skills that I actively encourage my kids, now 14 and 10, to engage in [...]
I want to highly recommend the Mended Teacups Podcast, produced by Helen and Molly, as a wonderfully encouraging resource for homeschooling parents to listen to. It truly is like sitting [...]
I am a self-taught touch typer and as a result I am still far from speedy. As a self-employed entrepreneur with home educated kids, learning to touch type felt like [...]
My 9 year old son has just starting using these and so far, he’s doing really well. The apps work well on his iPad and they seem quite engaging. Once [...]
My 11 year son has been using Conquermaths for three months and has already worked his way through the Year 6 syllabus. He does around 3-4 hours a week broken [...]
We are a music loving family and it was important to us that all of our (four) children could learn an instrument, starting with piano. Getting individual lessons for four [...]
I was so excited when I learned about Odyssey. My family moves around the world every two years, which usually means new friends, new house, and new foods! With Odyssey, [...]
(Of note: Rebranded 2022 from Galileo to Kubrio) After being hugely inspired by the talks from last years home schooling global summit which aired back in May there was a [...]
‘Meet the Artist’s Family’ is a fantastic resource for studying art history and actually doing art in your ‘home-school’. It’s written by a creative fellow home-Ed mum, who has put [...]
Disco and Circle are what every unschooling parent has been waiting for. Lucy Aitken Reed pours all her real life experience, learning and expertise as a coach and mentor into [...]
I really like the aesthetics, bold, colourful and appealing to the whole family. It’s really lovely as an unschooling family to be able to record our day without being squished [...]
My wife and I were both unsure what our children should be doing, we wanted to follow the National Curriculum. We have found it really useful to see the progress [...]
A well written book about homeschooling. Perfect for people either looking to make the switch from school to homeschool. Loads of areas covered from the purpose of education to tried [...]
I love things that are free and fun (this was a pre lockdown adventure.) We booked a course with our local apple store for our home ed collective group of [...]
TES is a brilliant website that I use regularly. It’s a platform where people share their own resources. Most of them are free and there are some that are only [...]
This book is a must read if you are considering home educating your children. We are currently in the early stages of considering if this is the right path for [...]
We have really enjoyed this online art course as a family. Emma runs the sessions and she is very engaging, encouraging and easy to follow. We are currently working through [...]
My 8 year old daughter started this course after she was diagnosed with dyscalculia and after struggling hugely with maths in school. It isn’t the most sophisticated of online courses [...]
Twinkl has been my go-to resource since we started home educating over three years ago. My first thought when starting to plan group time (IMHO Twinkl works best for groups) [...]
MEL Science is a subscription service that we were gifted for a few months and, for ages, didn’t get around to using (for one reason or another) so we had [...]
Teaching Packs offers theme/topic based downloadable files. Its main focus is on broader subjects, like Maths, Science, History, Geography etc., but they also have packs centred around various events, celebrations [...]
I love these podcasts. They cover a range of topics from exams to lifestyles and interview a range of people. My favourite episode was the Nov 12 2020 where they [...]
My son is currently doing iGCSE physics course (they also have biology, chemistry and dual science, plus A levels). Once you have paid you gain access to the site and [...]
This is a fantastic board game which develops maths skills whilst having fun. The simple aim is to race around the board and land on 101. Two dice (numbered 1-10) [...]
All three of my children use Codakid. It is a platform that allows kids to learn to code using scratch, python, minecraft and roblox. The kids watch videos and work [...]
This Maths resource is for children in KS1 and KS2. We have tried a few different maths resources and we have found Komodo worked best for us as a family. [...]
For home educators in the past, finding a way for children to sit exams has always been a bit of a challenge. It usually involved calling up one school after [...]
This app is a brilliant way to start learning a language or to supplement another course. Duolingo has used the concept of the “gameification of learning” to develop an app [...]
What would happen if a school treated its students and parents as customers? If it built classes around the interests of its students? If it thought that college was but [...]
