The Nervous Home Educator
The Nervous Home Educator Almost every new home educator starts out the same way. Nervous. Even parents who were confident about leaving school often find themselves asking quiet questions in…
Educational Freedom is a non-profit organisation providing Home Education information and support. Our primary purpose is ensuring all Home Educators have access to FREE information and support. We aim to provide everything you could ever need to know about Home Education.
A great way of ensuring your Home Education journey goes smoothly is to read all of this website. The menu at the top will help you navigate each section.
Making the decision to Home Educate can be daunting. But be assured that there is plenty of support out there! There are lots of families that have been in your situation, and we have supported tens of thousands of them.
Read through all of our website to learn all about Home Education. Use the menu to navigate through all of our pages especially the WHAT TO DO FIRST page for your country. Navigating through each page in turn really will help you understand everything you need to do. Then move on to the dealing with the LA section.
PLEASE NOTE: MOST PAGES SHOULD NOT BE READ AS A STAND ALONE PAGE, ENSURE YOU READ THE INFO IN OTHER MENTIONED PAGES TOO.
Where to find us after you've read our website.
Here’s a sneak peak at our public FB page feed where we share factual info as well as fun memes. Join our closed group for advice and to chat to other home educators.
Teens learning at home often benefit from a combination of autonomy and guidance. Allowing them to choose topics of interest encourages intrinsic motivation, while occasional structured learning ensures key skills are developed. Goal-setting can be helpful: weekly or monthly learning targets give a sense of achievement. Encouragement, positive reinforcement, and open discussions about progress can help teens remain engaged. Remember, motivation fluctuates. Celebrate achievements, however small, and allow downtime to recharge. Educational Freedom provides support and advice for parents navigating teen home education.
Home educators: This Is Our Last Window to Protect Home Education The final EHE consultation is expected to be released in the coming weeks (months if we are lucky). When it arrives, it will be the final moment for families to speak before the government pushes ahead with mandatory home visits and compulsory assessments. This isn’t a distant threat anymore. It’s on our doorstep. ⚡ You need to be ready the moment it drops. Sign up to our newsletter to receive immediate alerts, plus early briefings that explain exactly what the new bill means for your family and how to respond to the EHE consultation — in plain, human language. 👉 If we don’t act now, we may not get another chance.
We have many decades of hands on Home Education experience between us and many years as a professional support service.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, and all styles of Home Education.
We never have, nor will we ever, charge Home Educators a fee to access our website, personal support or anything else.
However, we do have costs such as web hosting, so feel free to donate.
Our aim is that our website contains everything you should need to know.
Beyond that we have a Facebook Page where you can connect with other Home Educators and our amazing admin team. We also have the option to contact us, for those times where you don’t have Facebook.
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